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As someone who has studied history for much of my life, I have found the past fascinating. But it has always been some grand and even intimidating universe that I wanted to unpick and explain to myself.
Wang Gungwu is one of Asia’s most important public intellectuals. He is best-known for his explorations of Chinese history in the long view, and for his writings on the Chinese diaspora. With Home is Not Here, the historian of grand themes turns to a single life history: his own.
In this volume, Wang talks about his multicultural upbringing and life under British rule. He was born in Surabaya, Java, but his parents’ orientation was always to China. Wang grew up in the plural, multi-ethnic town of Ipoh, Malaya (now Malaysia). He learned English in colonial schools and was taught the Confucian classics at home. After the end of WWII and Japanese occupation, he left for the National Central University in Nanjing to study alongside some of the finest of his generation of Chinese undergraduates. The victory of Mao Zedong’s Communist Party interrupted his education, and he ends this volume with his return to Malaya.
Wise and moving, this is a fascinating reflection on family, identity, and belonging, and on the ability of the individual to find a place amid the historical currents that have shaped Asia and the world.
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##“Choosing to do history may have had something to do with my desire for something more open-ended.”壮哉斯言
评分##由於作者出身馬來亞，回憶錄聚焦東南亞華人。回憶錄不足之處在於小標題內敘述事情時間沒有交代清楚又很跳脫，經常看的很迷惑，只能大概估計很多事情發生的時間。王緊密相連的宗族是書中的亮點。王的家庭和remembering shanghai裏的孫氏同属于江蘇省士紳階級，傳統儒家教育背景，但是由於資產積累少而顯得更為實用主義，也比孫氏更會抱團生存。也可能孫氏在cosmopolitan 生活，個人更加原子化。另外敘述祖上分兩隻，一隻在南，一隻在北，分離的時間長達三百年，也是很好的社會實驗。可能因為王是學者，寫作還是不如Helen Zia精彩。
评分##还行，不过没太多大事件
评分##gradually distancing myself...
评分##新的一年里慢慢读完的第一本书。智慧，亲切，谦逊。真的太好看了。
评分##虽说是自传，但还是有不少颇具亮点的对于Chinese diaspora/British&Japanese colonization, nationalism的思考。Wait/go/return ,遣词造句里对离散的时间性和空间性的隐喻非常有趣。
评分##之前对于王赓武先生只能说是略微了解，毕竟说起南洋华侨离不开他。这本书最吸引我的除了作者就是它的封面和中文版的译名，不过我庆幸最后选择了英文原版，讲真读海峡华人的英文作品这还是第一次，行文中很有地域特色，待把下册读完以后我准备认真写一个书评罢
评分##我从他父亲身上看到半个自己 从他母亲身上看到半个自己 从他身上看到我没意识到的一些自己 一起拼凑出一个confused的我自己
评分##还行，不过没太多大事件
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