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傅莹大使撰文：忆霍克思先生 Remembering David Hawkes忆霍克思先生 1. 夏末回到伦敦，突然听到霍克思先生去世的消息，怅惘不已。霍克斯是牛津大学一位中国古代文学学者，他把中国人最喜欢的古典文学作品之一《红楼梦》（他译成《石头记》）翻译成了英文，并因此而成名。 Returning to London after summer break, I was shocked to learn of the passing of David Hawkes. An Oxford scholar of classical Chinese literature, he was renowned for his translation of a much-loved Chinese literary classic, A Dream of Red Mansions - or The Story of the Stone, as he translated it. 2. 最后一次见到先生是今年4月的一个下午，阳光充满暖意，我与晴丽一起拜访了先生在牛津的家。他的房子是一座很不起眼二层小楼，先生从窄窄的走道出来，拱手上前，笑盈盈地用传统的中国方式向我们问好：“欢迎光临寒舍”，一口标准的普通话，像一位中国老者。 The last time I saw him was on a war