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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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##本来以为这本书是冷门，借过来发现里面4、5张借书单，啊，我伍村真的还是有读书人的啊！
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##写的很琐碎，却非常有代入感。从出生一直写到王先生20岁。经历了从30年代开始到49年。具体的历史背景不用多说，我很喜欢的是一个一直寻找家园的中国人的心路历程。从泰州、上海到怡保再到南京，最终回到马来亚。一位没有置身历史的最中心却有鲜明时代印记的人。就像题目所说的「家不在这里」，又在哪里？王先生的教育史很有意思，父亲是根深蒂固的儒生，大学受了西式教育影响。所以王从小一直上英文学校，中国历史文化的底子都是靠父亲每晚教授。最让我惊异的恐怕是他14-15岁的那年暑假：由于日据，学校停课，他做中学督学的父亲被安排去整理日本人搜罗的英文藏书。给了他一个非常系统的机会把19世纪末到20世纪出的英文流行书全部都看了一遍。那一年里他没跟任何人开口说过一句英文，却整个人沉浸在语言中。
评分##看完这个1947年的南京，人才济济但又充斥着战争前的人心惶惶，想到木心自传里1948年的上海和江浙，再想到chinese lessons里面那个1980年代闭塞又贫穷的南京，可叹白云苍狗。
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##比我想象中更流水账一些
评分##在当前的形势下读完了这本书，心情非常沉重。颠沛流离的几年作者一直没有停止自我教育，走街串巷学会了各种方言，去父亲工作的图书馆帮忙看了许多英文小说，听英文广播熟悉不同口音。
评分##情不自禁流泪。
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