荐书｜呂良《The Weight of Conscience》：历尽沧海的个人史诗

这是一部视野开阔的英文优秀自传。《The Weight of Conscience》这部著作，全篇英文，作者以呂姓开讲，引用《史记》；从吕不韦到皇太后；从中国到美国；从监狱到医院；从欧美电影到艺术博物馆；洋洋洒洒、纵横捭阖；非一般心智一般见识的人所能及也。相信读者读后，对人生、对历史、对世界会有全新的认知。

I was born around 5am on November 8, 1960 in Beijing ( 北京 ), China. My name, Liang, was given to me by my parents because around that time, there was a famine in China; the Chinese government was promoting a policy of "Centering on Food;" and the word, Liang ( 良 ), has the same sound as "Liang ( 粮 )”except it doesn't have rice( 米 ) in it standing for no rice.

I was told later on that food was so scarce around that time, I once was so hungry and tried to chew a toy camel for a meal.

I also cried a lot because of the hunger; in order to calm me down, my Mother and my fifth aunt had to gently rock me back and forth until I fell to sleep.

I heard the beauty of Chinese is that its words have multiple meanings.

I am often pleased that my name, Liang, also means "goodness" or "good in nature" like "conscience" in "The Weight of Conscience" ( 良心的重量 ).

Another meaning of my name, Liang, I am particular fond of is "second" or "next to the best." My reason is I should never be too focused on one thing for the sake of being the best such that I would forget there are many other important matters in the world. I feel this feeling of mine has kept me very sane in this competitive world.

One beautiful way Chinese use children's name is they double the first name up when they call the child as the term of endearment. My family would call me or refer me as Liang Liang ( 良良 ) before I was in high school. Even recently, at the age of 52 years old, my third aunt had referred me as Liang Zi ( 良子 ) as another term of endearment.

作者简介

呂良，出生于中国北京，北京大学地球物理系学士，考上CUSPEA，美国马里兰大学物理系硕士、博士，美国芝加哥艺术学院总统奖学金获得者(油画和雕塑)，美国洛斯阿拉莫斯国家实验室博士后，发明了数据挖掘方面专利。后来，在美国几家大的保险公司工作。2013年回国，从事保险、银行咨询工作，并大量阅读和写作，完成了三本书《The Weight of Conscience》、《吕》、及《未名湖畔三百首》。

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