“去日兒童”憶錢復

2011年4月15日，以兩岸共同市場基金會最高顧問身份出席2011年博鰲亞洲論壇年會的錢復與中國國家主席胡錦濤會面合影。這也是錢復第三次率領“臺灣工商企業家代表團”一行出席博鰲亞洲論壇。

胡適侄外孫程法德先生曾經涓涓絮絮地對筆者回憶少年時代與現任臺灣國泰世華銀行董事、國泰慈善基金會董事長、臺灣太平洋文化基金會董事長，昔日聲名顯赫、經歷了人生的云卷云舒的錢復耳鬢廝磨的往事。唐詩有云：“遠書珍重何由答，舊事凄涼不可明。去日兒童皆長大，昔年親友半凋零。”程先生背誦這首《表兄話舊》的頷聯與頸聯后輕嘆一聲：“確是人生苦短，外公胡適1962年2月24日仙逝；外婆冬秀1975年跟著去了；錢思亮伯伯在臺灣“中研院”院長任上，也于1983年歸山了！”

程先生說這番話的當時，是上世紀80年代末，臺灣開禁老兵往大陸探親不久，兩岸隔絕已近40年，自然特別思念昔日親友。

程法德告訴筆者，錢復先生是臺灣最高學府與學術中心——臺灣大學原校長錢思亮的三公子。他們三昆仲分別為錢純、錢熙、錢復。他們少年時代都穿一式的長袍馬褂，戴紅珊瑚頂的瓜皮小帽，眉清目秀，皮膚白晰，舉止彬彬有禮。錢家是浙江省杭州市人，五代吳越王錢的后裔，長相有一個共同特征：前額微向前突沖，他們仨亦是。抗日戰爭爆發，原來在北京大學任化學系教授的錢思亮舉家南遷，到了上海，經營信誼化學廠兼任藥劑師。他家老太爺是滬上知名人士錢鴻業先生，曾任上海第一特區地方法院特別刑事庭庭長。上海淪陷后，因為堅持民族氣節，堅決不與汪偽政府同流合污，1940年7月29日中午，在下班回家午餐的路上，遭日偽“76號”特務暗殺。錢家在租界舉行大出殯，以示抗議。

“胡適大名垂宇宙，小腳夫人亦隨之”。這曾是當時十大軼聞之一。程法德笑著說，其實“小腳夫人”江冬秀也有兩個軼聞：寫白字，戰方城。她搓麻將手氣特別好，贏錢竟成了家庭的一宗收入。到了上海“孤島”定居下來，她故態復萌，又沒日沒夜地搓麻將，吆五喝六地戰方城了，而且在麻將桌畔認了兩個干女兒——一位是上海五官科名醫李岡博士的太太，另一位就是錢思亮教授的太太。李太太性格內向，冬秀外婆喜歡她的鵝蛋臉兒、豐腴身材，呼她“美人兒”。錢太太是廣東人，性格活潑，熱情痛快，“干娘，干娘”地呼得江冬秀甜甜蜜蜜的。這份“干親”關系一直保持到1958年胡適在臺灣定居之后。1962年，胡適猝逝于臺北南港“中研院”第五屆院士歡迎酒會會場上，極其忙亂中，錢太太奔往臺北市區，向干娘江冬秀報喪。

程法德繼續回憶說，有一天，冬秀外婆在我家樓上，與我母親及她的兩位干女兒搓麻將，錢復小弟跟在他媽身邊，吃東西或是看小人書。我放學回家上了樓，跟我媽和外婆冬秀打了個招呼，正欲下樓，被媽叫住了：“老二，怎么不叫錢阿姨、李阿姨？”我紅了紅臉，忙不迭一個個叫過來。快人快語的錢阿姨接上去說：“啊呀，老二長得像春筍透尖，臉孔白里透紅！你們看他像誰？像不像藝專那位劉海粟？”一時間牌桌上的八只眼睛都集中到我身上。我知道劉海粟名字后面還有“歇后語”，上海灘上幾乎人人皆知：畫裸體模特兒。頓時，我窘得似乎精赤條條地站在她們面前，只見錢復躥了過來，他臉幾乎貼著我臉，伸了個長舌，緊拉我胳膊，溜出去了。自此之后，我就和錢家三昆仲做起好朋友來了，

錢復昵稱小寶，比我小6歲，性格似他媽，活潑，嘴勤，腦子動得快，和我特別好。

“回憶童年少年真是無限神往。”程法德說，“我和小寶相處那些日子，十分有趣。那時，我讀大同中學，小寶可能上小學不久。暑假到了，我隨外婆冬秀到福熙路（今延安西路）模范村錢寓去度假。這是一棟中西合璧的三層樓房，十分寬敞。我和小寶他們一起睡在錢伯父的書房里，紅漆地板上鋪著幾張草席，便可以為所欲為地翻跟斗、打滾、鬧著玩了。小寶的記性悟性極好，有一次我們一起去看了美國電影《月宮寶盒》，回家后，他拿了把月琴，坐在枕頭上，模仿電影中的老人，捋了一下胡須像模像樣地邊彈邊用英語演唱。

“白天，當我們復習功課倦了的時候，是小寶首先發起，奔上屋頂陽臺踢小皮球，小寶手腳并用，在那塊小天地里最活潑，有時竟把小皮球踢進另外人家的天窗。我們除玩之外，也關心時事。”程法德說，“那時，正是中國四萬萬同胞同仇敵愾抗擊日本帝國主義侵略，挽救中華民族危亡的歲月。錢家對日寇更有深深的家仇。我與小寶常翻看他家老太爺錢鴻業先生吊喪、出殯時的紀念冊和照片集，因此很關心上海乃至全國抗戰情況。”

抗戰勝利后，錢思亮攜全家返北平，任北京大學化學系主任。胡適博士于1946年返國，任北京大學校長；江冬秀夫人北返，住東廠胡同1號主持新家。程法德也到北平求學，就讀輔仁大學。這時他在故都與小寶見面了，后者正在讀北師大附中。程法德說：“我們似乎陡然長大了，無比親密間不自覺帶著些禮貌性的拘謹。”

1949年1月，錢思亮應時任臺大校長傅斯年的邀請，攜全家五口赴臺，任化學系教授兼教務長，并曾一度代理理學院院長一職。這個家族也從大陸遷徙到了臺灣。

20世紀50年代的臺灣青年中流行著這樣一句順口溜：“來來來，來臺大。去去去，去美國”，可見期待進入臺大深造儼然成了當時的一股社會風氣。應該說，錢思亮晚年最重要的經歷，就是擔任臺大校長。在主流的敘事中，他被視為臺大精神的保護神，他以傳統中國讀書人的包容敦厚，抵擋校內外政治風雨，帶領臺大師生，走過最大限度的校園自由，長達19年。”

錢思亮掌校，秉持“無為而治”的方針。后人評價說：“回顧他的一生似乎并無特別之處，但是相較他離開后，不幾年間，臺大所發生的風風雨雨，不禁令人發覺，他最大的特別，可能就在于他的毫不特別。”在近20年臺大校長期間，除了擴充學系、研究所和博士班的規模，他極少對臺大既有的東西作任何重大改變。

傅斯年對臺大的影響無人能及，他將北大的“自由、反省、批判”風氣帶進了臺大校園。他之所以能把臺大辦得如此成功，取決于他的干才和勇氣，他完全繼承了北大的傳統。而錢思亮以他的無為和包容，護持了這份源自北大的氣質和尊貴的傳統。

Reminiscences of#8195;#8195;#8195;#8195;#8195;#8195;Qian Fu

By Zhou Jun

Just the other day， I read a news story about Qian Fu attending the Bo’ao Forum for Asia in April 2011 in the capacity of the highest-ranking advisor of the Cross-Straits Common Market Foundation. This reminds me of talking with Cheng Fade in the late 1990s. Cheng Fade (1929-2004) was a grandnephew of Hu Shi (1891-1962)， a great scholar who pioneered the New Culture Movement and the vernacular revolution in the early 20th century. Cheng Fade passed away in 2004. During the talk， he reminisced what he knew about Hu Shi. He also told me about his childhood friendship with Qian Fu (born in 1935).

The following is what I remember about Qian Fu and his father Qian Siliang from the conversation I had with Cheng Fade in the late 1980s.

Qian Fu was born in Shanghai. His father was Qian Siliang (1907-1983)， who passed away while serving as president of Academia Sinica， Taiwan.

Qian Siliang was from the Hangzhou-based Qian clan， descendents of Qian Liu， the king of Wuyue Kingdom (907-978) during the Five Dynasties period. Cheng remembered seeing the three sons of Qian Siliang for the first time. They wore the traditional long gown and the small skullcap. They were already gentlemen even when they were so young. The men in the Qian clan all had slightly protruded forehead， a facial feature that could be traced back to their common ancestor Qian Liu. The three brothers had the signature forehead. When World War Two broke out， Qian Siliang， dean of Chemistry Department of Beijing University， came to Shanghai where he ran a chemical business. Qian Siliang’s father was Qian Hongye， who served as the justice of a special court of criminal in Shanghai. As he refused to work for Japanese， he was assassinated on July 29， 1940 on his way back to home for lunch by special agents of the puppet Chinese government working with Japanese invasion army.

Cheng Fade remembered the day the friendship between Qian Fu and him started. It was a day Cheng’s mother was playing Mahjong with his maternal grandmother Jiang Dongxiu (the wife of Hu Shi)， Qian Fu’s mother， and Mrs. Li， the wife of a prominent specialist of ophthalmology and otorhinolaryngology. Qian Fu had come with his mother. He was six years younger than Cheng. Cheng came home after school and found the four women playing Mahjong. They teased him for his look. Cheng was extremely embarrassed. Qian Fu came over. The two kids ran out. Their friendship started when they were running together.

In the summer vacation that year， Cheng went with his maternal grandmother Jiang Dongxiu to stay at Qian Siliang’s House for the summer vacation. It was a three-storied house. The boys slept on the floor of the study. They did somersaults on the mats. They had an extremely good time together. They now and then played a ball on the rooftop veranda when they took a break from homework.

After the war， the Qians moved back to Beijing and Qian Siliang resumed his deanship at the Chemistry Department. Dr. Hu Shi came back to Beijing and became the president of Beijing University. His wife Jiang Dongxiu went back to Beijing to join him. Cheng Fade studied at Fu Jen University in Beijing， where he met Qian Fu again. Qian Fu was a middle school student at that time. The friendship between them somehow had a touch of restraint.

Qian Siliang went to Taiwan in January 1949 at the invitation of Fu Sinian， president of Taiwan University. Qian Siliang worked as dean of Chemistry Department and director of general academic affairs. He later became president of Taiwan University. His 19-year presidency at Taiwan University was uneventful thanks to his principle of governing by non-interference. He ruled against political impact and ensured academic freedom on the campus. He did little changes to the existing system established by Fu Sinian， who upheld freedom， self-examination， and criticism as the mission guideline for the university.

It was not until Qian was gone and the university got embroiled in some unwanted events that people missed Qian’s wisdom in keeping the university focused on free studies and away from trouble. Some people commented that what was special about him was the man achieved so much whereas nothing about him was special.