《洛杉矶论坛报》报道马小秋新书《秋言物语2》(5)

What do you want this book to do for the world?
这本书：您最希望它能为今天的世界带来什么？为世界做什么？
I would like people to see that history is a circle,and that literature is one of the greatest gifts our ancestors have handed down to us.We are reading our own future.I hope to show how in philosophical terms I approach the various enterprises in which I am engaged,and to share my view that the beauty this world contains does not recognize where countries begin and end.The insights of ancient China are as relevant today as they were when first formulated.I feel that people generally are experiencing a detachment,a lack of identity.We all come from somewhere.
我希望让人们知道，历史是一个循环，而文学是祖先留给我们的最伟大的礼物之一。我们从中阅读自己的未来。我希望呈现我是如何从哲学角度来看待我所从事的各种事业的，并分享我的观点，即这个世界之美并不在于各个国家的起点和终点。古代中国的见解在今天仍然和它们最初被阐明时一样有意义。我感觉今天的人们普遍在经历一种超然，一种身份的缺失。而我们终究都来自某个地方。
With such a large market and so many connections in your homeland of China,why did you want it in English and in the US?
中国图书市场很大，您在那里人脉也很广，为什么还出版英文？在美国出版？
First of all,there is the challenge of real,which means translating ideas and conceptions,not just words.That is a big challenge.Words mean nothing unless connected in a real way to people’s experiences and desires.This book can be a testimony.It can create a sense of togetherness by showing the ways in which we think differently.The book brings up many subjects,for instance my upbringing,the Tao,and business affairs.The English edition is important because it shows that dreams can be translated,and that histories can be shared,directly from one culture to another.