http://www.books.com.tw/products/0010433117 原着问世已有三十多年，为甚麽此时增订重新出版？一因玉山社魏淑贞女士诚恳劝促，二 因想到一句西谚「万事愈变，愈不变」（The more the things change, the more they remain the same）。这虽然不是新作，其中有关台湾未来应走方向的建议，如国会全面 改选，总统直选，制定新宪法，加入联合国等等，已成为台湾多数人民政治思想的主流， 有的已经实现，有的已成为国家追求的基本目标。在此意义上，此书仍在「时效」之中。 尤其二○○八年台湾总统大选以後，局势大变，以彻底诈骗手段夺得政权者全面向中国输 诚，执政者的心态与作风，不管怎麽样掩饰，实际上，已经恢复到一九八七年前戒严时期 一样，台湾的民主自由人权逆行退步，面临着空前危机，人心浮动，思惟紊乱，不知多少 人深感幻灭、迷惘、愤激和无奈。但台湾人民不能永远在此愤怒和感慨交集的泥沼中翻转 ，必须尽快再清醒起来，回到民主自由化以前的原点，再认识做为台湾人的悲运，回忆先 人自日治时期起，在经过中国国民党半世纪的戒严独裁专制和迫害中，流汗流血前仆後起 那种勇敢、牺牲抗暴的精神，坚持远景和理想。 　　旧作重读，咀嚼一番，若能以此书观点透视目前台湾混沌令人忧心的局面，鼓励和帮 助认同台湾者重振士气，重新出发，则出版的目的充分达到了。 再向过去几十年对本人惠予支持、鼓励和帮助的所有海内外朋友们，表示衷心的感激。 愿天保佑台湾和台湾人。 Edwin O. Reischauer（哈佛大学教授，前美国驻日大使） 　　I read it with great interest and enthusiasm. It is a fascinating human story which, through one man's life, gives a clearer idea of the essence of the Taiwan problem than any learned treatise could. It clearly shows that the Taiwan problem has grown out of the past experiences, present feelings, and hope for the future of the twelve million native Taiwanese --- the forgotten people ground between the political rivalries of the Peoples's Republic of China and Chiang Nationalist government on Taiwan. One cannot read Professor Peng moving account of his own experiences from childhood under Japanese colonial rule, through prominent participation in the intellectual life of Taiwan under Chiang, to eventual exile from his native land without hoping, and also believing, that the meek and also the not-so-meek Taiwanese will indeed some day inherit their own piece of earth. Congratulations on a fine and important book. Edwin O. Reischauer -- ※ 编辑: uiiong (114.45.128.242), 08/03/2015 11:58:41