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Adapted from "XMU--Strength of the Nation" This hall’s two most unusual and precious objects are a desk and a Lin Yutang stamp. Lin Yutang taught longer in Xiamen University than Lu Xun. He was also the director of the art college and a secretary of the Chinese college, as well as a professor of the foreign language department. Lin is the one who recommended that Lu Xun come teach in Xiamen University. The Lin Yutang Memorial is on the third floor of the Xiamen University Library.

Most eye-catching is the old desk, its edge worn completely smooth. It was at that desk that Mr. Lin completed many excellent essays. Lin Yutang also mentored his nephew, Lin Yijin, who became a famous English-Chinese translator. Lin Yijin translated several famous American novels, including Farewell to Arms and All Quiet on the Western Front.

I took an undergraduate course from Lin Yujin when he was director of Xiamen University’s foreign language department. Lin Yujin’s daughter, Lin Mengru, was my classmate in Shuangshi middle school, and she gave us a tour of the Memorial. Taiwan also has a Lin Yutang memorial, which the government authorized Foguang University to manage. So the 12 guests from Foguang University visited the Xiamen Lin Yutang memorial in high spirits and carefully examined every object on display. We drew special attention to a stamp in honor of Lin Yutang. That stamp was issued by the Taiwan post-office on Lin Yutang’s 100th birthday (October 10, 1995). Co-incidentally, the Xiamen University Lin Yutang memorial was set up on the very same day. The stamp bears an image of Lin, smiling slightly. Many mainland literature anthologies list Mr. Lin among the Taiwan writers, but many Taiwan literati regard him as a mainland writer. Is Mr. Lin a mainland writer or a Taiwan writer? I am afraid we would need to ask Mr. Lin himself. I prefer to think Lin Yutang belongs to both sides of the Taiwan Strait, to both mainland China and Taiwan.
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林语堂在厦门大学任教的时间比鲁迅久，当年他是厦门大学文学院的主任兼国学院的秘书，也是外文系的教授。鲁迅就是经由他的荐请来厦大的。纪念室设在厦门大学图书馆的一隅，其中的书桌是先生当年在上海时的旧物，多少名篇佳作就是在那上面成就的。林语堂的侄子林疑今是著名的翻译家（《永别了，武器》、《西线无战事》等多部英美巨著的译者），是厦大外文系的老系主任、我的大学本科时的恩师。林语堂的侄孙女、林疑今教授的女儿林梦如是我双十中学“老三届”的同学，临时约请她担任纪念室的讲解。因为台湾有关当局把台湾的林语堂纪念馆划归佛光大学管辖，因此台湾学人对林语堂纪念室参观得更加认真与细致，我也细致了起来。参观中发现了一枚“林语堂”纪念邮票的首日封，那是台湾邮政为林语堂百年诞辰时发行的，而我们厦门大学的“林语堂纪念室”也是在先生百年诞辰时设立的。邮票上的先生风度翩翩，含笑微微。林老先生在笑什么，大陆不少文选把先生列为台湾作家，而台湾不少读者又把先生视为大陆作家，台胞乎，闽胞乎，这恐怕连先生自己都分不清楚！我想，语堂师其实是血脉相连的海峡两岸共同的先生。
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