我刚为杜维明教授的《人性与自我修养》(中译本)写完一篇序,现在我又为成中英教授的《中国文化的现代化与世界化》一书写序。我想不仅因为他们都是中国文化书院的导师,而且也因为我可能是为他们写序比较合适的人选之一。成中英先生是美国夏威夷大学哲学系的教授,我和他是一九八三年在美国哈佛大学召开的一次会议上认识的,从那以后我们每年总要见一两次面,通信则是经常的。 I just wrote an order for Professor Du Weiming’s “Human Nature and Self-cultivation” (Chinese version), and now I write a preface to Professor Cheng Zhongying’s book, “Modernization and Worldization of Chinese Culture.” I think not only because they are mentors in Chinese culture academies, but also because I may be one of the more suitable candidates for writing them. Mr. Cheng Zhongying is a professor of philosophy at the University of Hawaii, and I met him at a conference held in Harvard University in 1983. Since then, we have met once or twice a year, and the correspondence is frequently.