2017年1月31日 星期二

John Berger (1926-2017) 、 Caspar Weinberger

Hanching Chung

2.18 漢清講堂 我負責：
紀念John Berger (1926-2017) ：https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Berger
0. 奇人
1. 社會關懷： Fellow Prisoners 監獄與高牆 (vs WED's)
2.藝術-文學：
John Berger 的題目是"Pull the other leg, it's got bells on it"*，
譯成：你要吹牛 就繼續吹吧 (收入【另類的出口】 ，128-133。這篇談的是 Raymond Mason的關於市井小民的大型雕塑 (長3米*高3米)，陳列在巴黎的St.Eustace 聖猶士坦教堂內.....)
我以前編過Raymond Mason的詞條，讀了John Berger的，更深入了解。
http://hccart.blogspot.tw/2015/…/raymond-mason-sculptor.html
由於John Berger 和 Raymond Mason都是長期旅法的英國人，所以Berger 採用此英國日常幽默語 "Pull the other leg, it's got bells on it"當市民不相信"教堂中有您們的雕像，回說，別蓋了！)
*pull the other leg/one (it's got bells on)!
uk informal humorous
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used when you do not believe what someone has just said:
Raymond Mason (sculptor)
Raymond Mason (sculptor) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Une Tragedie Dans Le Nord. L'Hiver, La Pluie, Les Larmes (197...
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Last Updated: Tuesday, 28 March 2006, 18:45 GMT 19:45 UK 

Ex-defence chief Weinberger dies
Caspar Weinberger
Mr Weinberger was regarded as one of Reagan's closest allies
Caspar Weinberger, who served as defence secretary under former US President Ronald Reagan, has died in hospital aged 88, his family said.Mr Weinberger had recently been treated for pneumonia.
He joined the Reagan administration in 1981 and went on to preside over a period of massive military spending.
Mr Weinberger resigned as defence secretary in 1987, amid claims he had been involved in selling arms to Iran to fund pro-US rebels in Nicaragua.
He was pardoned by President George Bush Snr in 1992, weeks before he was to have stood trial over his alleged role in what came to be known as the Iran-Contra affair.

'Cap the Knife'
Mr Weinberger shared with President Reagan a conviction that the Soviet Union was the biggest threat to the US and he oversaw the biggest peacetime increase in defence spending in US history.
 Weinberger... served his nation in war and peace in so many ways 
Colin Powell
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Weinberger obituary
His son told Reuters news agency Mr Weinberger should be remembered as "a great American patriot" who helped bring down the Soviet Union.
Former Secretary of State Colin Powell also paid tribute to Mr Weinberger, describing him as "an indefatigable fighter for peace through strength".
During his time in office, Mr Weinberger persuaded Congress to fund the so-called "Star Wars" programme - a system for defending the US against incoming missiles from space and by land.
Mr Weinberger was a divisive figure who clashed with other key players in the Reagan cabinet, but was widely regarded as a close ally of the president himself.
An earlier stint in Washington saw Mr Weinberger managing the federal budget for President Richard Nixon - a period during which he earned the nickname "Cap the Knife" for pushing through a series of cuts.

Friend of Thatcher
Mr Weinberger, the son of immigrants to the US, had trained as a lawyer at Harvard University and served as a soldier during World War II.
After the war, he worked for Ronald Reagan while he was governor of California, gaining a reputation for tight fiscal spending that eventually led to an invitation to work in Nixon's Cabinet in Washington.
Mr Weinberger resigned in 1975 to work for the construction and engineering giant, Bechtel.
He returned to politics to run President Reagan's election campaign, going on to become his defence secretary in 1981.Mr Weinberger was also an ally of the former UK Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher, promising her US support during the Falklands War with Argentina in 1982. 

Caspar Weinberger

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WASHINGTON (AP) - Caspar W. Weinberger, a conservative Republican and consummate Cold Warrior who served in the Cabinets of Presidents Richard Nixon and Ronald Reagan and got ensnared in the Iran-Contra scandal, died Tuesday at 88.

Weinberger had been hospitalized for about a week with a high fever and pneumonia brought on by old age, according to his son, Caspar Weinberger Jr. Weinberger's wife of 63 years, Jane, was by his side when he died in the northeast state of Maine, the son said.

"He gave everything to his country, to public office and to his family," Caspar Weinberger Jr. said.

As Richard Nixon's budget director, Weinberger was such a zealous economizer he earned the nickname "Cap the Knife" for his efforts to slash government spending, largely by cutting or curtailing many of President Lyndon Johnson's Great Society social programs.

Later, he became Ronald Reagan's secretary of defense and presided over $2 trillion (euro1.66 trillion) in military spending - the biggest peacetime increase in U.S. history.

Former first lady Nancy Reagan said in a statement: "He devoted his life to this country and served with dedication in many capacities over the years. ... His legacy is a strong and free America, and for this and for a lifetime of selfless service, a grateful nation thanks him."

"It's a very sad day," said Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice. Said former Secretary of State Colin Powell: "Cap Weinberger was an indefatigable fighter for peace through strength." Patrick Buchanan, an aide and speechwriter in the Nixon White House, called him "a good friend."

Weinberger was a lifelong Republican, who called himself a "fiscal Puritan" and believed that budgets should always be balanced, first demonstrated his budget-trimming talents in the late 1960s when he helped solve California's budget problems as then-Gov. Reagan's finance director.

His tireless pursuit of Reagan's fiscal policies drew the attention of the Nixon White House and in 1969 Weinberger was recruited to head the Federal Trade Commission, where as chairman he instituted several high-profile reforms. He then moved on to run the president's Office of Management and Budget in 1970.

He also served as Nixon's secretary of health, education and welfare before returning to San Francisco in 1975 as special counsel to the Bechtel Corp., the huge worldwide construction company.

Weinberger was recalled to public service from Bechtel by Reagan.

It was his post as defense secretary that lead to Weinberger's greatest challenge: federal felony charges stemming from his alleged role in the sale of weapons to Iran to finance secret, illegal aid to the Nicaragua Contras. The "arms-for-hostages" affair poisoned the closing years of Reagan's administration, permanently stained the reputations of the insiders involved and cast a cloud over President George H.W. Bush throughout his four-year administration.

In one of the first President Bush's final official acts after his 1992 loss to Bill Clinton, he granted Christmas Eve pardons to Weinberger and five others accused in the scandal.

Weinberger, who was 75 at the time, had been scheduled to stand trial in less than two weeks on charges that he concealed thousands of pages of his handwritten notes from congressional investigators and prosecutors.

He'd earlier rejected independent counsel Lawrence Walsh's plea-bargain offer to testify against his longtime friends and colleagues - including Reagan - and plead guilty to a misdemeanor.

Weinberger had said he was innocent to all the charges and considered the indictment a political attack. Friends said he could have never turned on associates he'd known for decades.

After the pardon was announced, Walsh charged that "the Iran-Contra coverup, which has continued for more than six years, has now been completed."

In 1989, Weinberger, a self-described "frustrated newspaperman," joined Forbes to become the magazine's fourth publisher. In 1993 he was named chairman of Forbes Inc., filling a position that had been vacant since the 1990 death of Malcolm S. Forbes. He endorsed Steve Forbes for president in 1996.


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2017年1月30日 星期一

sultan of Johor


Against a backdrop of worsening race relations and decreasing religious tolerance, the sultan of Johor has applauded the contributions of Chinese and Indian minorities and condemned the creeping Arabisation of its once-easygoing Muslim culture

Malaysia’s royals have become unlikely voices of moderation
Some wonder if the sultans could oust the floundering government
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2017年1月29日 星期日

張華

今天張華兄慶生。我的賀詞似乎越來越短，所以用"漢清講堂"補強。2016年1月30日 11:17 · 壽張華兄：建築兔洞鏡緣譯兼註、中英路易卡洛寫又論、台灣製造美國時間多、夜長奇境魔鏡再生緣。
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現在網路各色各樣的張華呢 編一古人



張華(232～300)，西晉文學家。字茂先。范陽方城(今河北固安縣)人。少孤貧，曾以牧羊為生。《晉書·張華傳》說他“學業優博，辭藻溫麗，朗贍多通,圖緯方伎之書,莫不詳覽”。他曾著《鷦鷯賦》以自喻。魏末，被薦為太常博士。晉武帝時，因力主伐吳有功，歷任要職。惠帝時，被趙王司馬倫和孫秀殺害。張華博學多聞，曾編撰《博物志》，分類記載異境奇物、古代瑣聞雜事及神仙方術等，其中保存了不少古代神話材料。《隋書·經籍志》錄《張華集》10卷,已佚。明張溥《漢魏六朝百三家集》輯存《張茂先集》。
《醒世恒言‧灌園叟晚逢仙女》：“就是張華的《博物志》，也不過志其一二。”
鍾 嶸 《 詩 品 中 》 ： 「 （ 張華詩 ） 其 源 出 於 王 粲 ，其 體 華 艷 ， 興 託 不 奇 。 」
范 注 ： 「 《 文 選 ‧ 三 都 賦 序》 李 善 注 引 臧 榮 緒 《 晉 書 》 曰 ： 『 左 思 ， 字 太沖 ， 齊 國人 。 少 博 覽 文 史 ， 欲 作 《 三 都 賦》 ， 乃 詣 著 作 郎 張 載 訪 岷 邛 之 事 。 遂 構 思十 稔 ， 門 庭 藩溷 ， 皆 著 紙 筆 ， 遇 得 一 句 即 疏 之 。 賦 成 ， 張 華 見 而 咨 嗟， 都 邑 豪 貴 ，競 相 傳 寫 。 』 」



沉浸愛麗絲世界 張華30年不悔

  • 2010-03-24
  • 中國時報
  • 【林欣誼／專訪】
放大
就為她著迷▲張華花了30年專注研究《愛麗絲漫遊奇境》，他的新書《挖開兔子洞》展現他的研究成果，成為《愛麗絲漫遊奇境》最完整的中文譯注本。圖為張華與他的愛麗絲相關收藏。（趙雙傑攝）
就為她著迷▲張華花了30年專注研究《愛麗絲漫遊奇境》，他的新書《挖開兔子洞》展現他的研究成果，成為《愛麗絲漫遊奇境》最完整的中文譯注本。圖為張華與他的愛麗絲相關收藏。（趙雙傑攝）


　今年六十三歲的建築工程師的張華，花費卅年熱情與耐力，只研究一部童話《愛麗絲漫遊奇境》。在他的《挖開兔子洞》書中，展現了傾注半輩子的研究成果，不但以中英對照來呈現他的翻譯，更加上他整理的二一○條註釋，這本書成為華文世界最詳盡的《愛麗絲漫遊奇境》譯注版本。
　滿頭白髮的張華，一談起愛麗絲便眼睛發亮，滔滔不絕，平時的拘謹都不見了。剛從事務所下班的他，每聊幾句就回頭往書房裡鑽，挖出一本又一本愛麗絲的相關藏書。
　二一○條註釋 華文版本之最
　有他八○年代最早讀到的版本，還有在美國舊書店找到有一百年歷史的珍版舊書，還有英國牛津《愛麗絲漫遊奇境》各景點影像集結的攝影集。
　他手中甚至有著與中文版第一位譯者趙元任女兒的通信，連剛上映的電影《魔境夢遊》紀念可樂杯，都被他洗得乾乾淨淨收在紙箱中。
　他怎會一頭栽入《愛麗絲漫遊其境》的研究？他漾著沉醉的笑容說：「很多事就是這麼難以解釋，就像愛麗絲突然跌進兔子洞一樣！」
　張華在卅年前開始自學英文，因翻譯家思果的《翻譯研究》迷上翻譯。有天他在圖書館翻到小時候讀過的《愛麗絲漫遊奇境》，開啟了研究之路。他特別受到美國學者加德納（Martin Gardner）權威的注釋版啟發，專注語言翻譯的探討。
　如今，他書房中有一櫃專屬愛麗絲的書架，擺滿上百冊各種語言的譯本與注釋版、插圖精美的收藏版，及家人貼心買給他的愛麗絲音樂盒、咖啡杯、布偶等。書房一角是女兒幼時使用的小學生書桌，這正是他在太太與兒女移居美國後，每天埋頭研究使用的書桌。
　他說，出版於一八六五年的《愛麗絲漫遊奇境》奇幻迷人，與其他童話最大的不同，在於書中隱藏了許多典故。英美學界從六○年代便從語言邏輯、哲學背景以及社會文化等不同角度，對《愛麗絲漫遊奇境》展開學術研究。
　雙關語仿擬詩 展現研究功力
　二○○一年起，他以加德納的注釋版為基準，著手譯注，尤其在雙關語、仿擬詩的翻譯上費盡功夫。例如，他展示原文中一首排列成老鼠尾巴狀的「圖像詩」。這次他依照原詩前兩行押韻、最後一行特別長的「尾巴韻」來翻譯與排版，希望呈現原文字義與趣味。
　而書中仿擬國外原有歌謠、更改填詞的「仿擬詩」，他則費心找到符合格律的中文歌謠，又填上符合原文的翻譯歌詞。
　由於書中處處暗藏「玄機」，張華編撰的兩百多條註解，涵蓋哲學、英國當年流行的語言遊戲，到作者卡洛爾（Lewis Carroll）身處的維多利亞時代背景。書末的九篇附錄，包括卡洛爾與愛麗絲族譜、改編影片資料，以及一份他特製的愛麗絲不同階段身高表。
　沉浸於愛麗絲世界卅年，除了家人和少數兒童文學界的朋友，他的同事都不知這項「嗜好」。他苦笑說：「不是有這個興趣的人，聽了大概只覺得奇怪吧！」

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Ben Chen:杉原千畝 (Chiune Sugihara 1900-1986)


Chiune Sugihara
Diplomat
Chiune "Sempo" Sugihara was a Japanese diplomat who served as Vice-Consul for the Empire of Japan in Lithuania. Wikipedia
Born: January 1, 1900, Mino, Gifu Prefecture, Japan
Died: July 31, 1986, Fujisawa, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan
Award: Righteous Among the Nations

Ben Chen 新增了 2 張相片。
電影《杉原千畝》，俄、德心目中的眼中釘，也被日本外務省逐出，卻於過世前一年獲以色列政府頒「國際義人獎」的外交官。
一年半前在東京看了這電影，當時沒有字幕，有些對白沒有聽懂，昨天耐心的在電視上把這部電影又看了一遍。
杉原千畝曾經在哈爾濱讀書學習俄語，在和俄國方面交涉北満洲鐵路的問題時和関東東軍方面有不同的意見，向滿洲國的外交部提出了辭呈。劇中，杉原說：我是為滿洲國工作的，現在滿州國卻成了關東軍的滿州國，我不能再工作下去。
回到日本之後，外務省本來要派他去俄國，但是俄國方面拒絕他前往。於是被派往立陶宛擔任領事，在德國全面佔領立陶宛的緊要關頭，他給猶太人發出了2000多張的日本過境簽證。
杉原負有搜集情報的工作，在柏林工作的時候，杉原發現到德國準備放棄德俄互不侵犯恊議，向俄國發動攻勢，這將牽動日本在亞洲的戰局，他向日本在歐洲的第一號人物，駐德大使大島浩，提出了報告，希望東京大本營速謀對策，但東京方面卻只讀不回。
劇中，大島浩問杉原對戰爭走向的看法，杉原答以：
日本將和美國開戰
日本將會遭受到世界上前所未有的災難。
這之後，日本發動了真珠港攻擊，對美、英全面開戰。
大島浩是德、義、日聯盟的重要推手，在東京審判的時候，被列為甲級戰犯，因為一票之差，免除了死刑，判終身監禁，之後假釋。
杉原千畝離開政府單位，到一家小貿易商工作。
1985年，以色列政府頒發國際義人予杉原千畝，杉原千畝因病重無法遠行，其妻與子代為前往以色列受獎。立陶宛為杉原千畝發行紀念郵票，日本政府直到2000年，才立碑紀念表揚杉原千畝。
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歌星張敬軒 Hins Cheung，時裝設計師 Lu Lu

著名時裝設計師張路路（Lu Lu Cheung）沒讀過幾年書，七八十年代只憑一雙巧手，創立高級時裝品牌，在國際獲獎無數，被本地年輕設計師視為fashion icon。她成名後「飄在雲上」，2005年一場癌病將她拉回地面，學懂謙卑與感恩。
大病後，她繼續在速食潮流當道的時代高舉「襟着」，堅持高級時裝這條孤獨的經營之路。「現在奢侈品牌鬥價高，世界已經混亂！我是想用最低價錢、最好品質，呈現最好品味，悲哀的是，我們這間舖很多人未入來已覺得很貴，但講真，我們用的是300至500蚊一碼歐洲料，其他人用深水埗30至50蚊一碼的料，但終端售價相差不遠。」
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張敬軒- 维基百科，自由的百科全书

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張敬軒（英语：Hins Cheung；1981年2月1日－），字寧，號如億，中国男歌手、詞曲作者及唱片製作人，祖籍北京，出生于广东省广州市，後主要活動於香港，是香港樂壇 .




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中国军报炮轰支持港独港星引关注
解放军报社主办的中国国防报星期三发表署名文章，猛烈批评两年前曾发表支持占中言论的香港歌星张敬轩，指责他公开支持港独，引发外界关注。此前，人民日报微信也刊登“国家面前无偶像，张敬轩被踢出《歌手》”的文章，阻击…
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