Essays on Writing and Language in Honor - Sino-Platonic Papers

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With special thanh to Ivan Aymat, Louis S. Mangione, Feng-fi Tsao, Chauncey Chu, Hsiao-Min Wang, Henry & Gubriele Hoenigswald, Rulan Chao & Theodore Pian, Eugene Eqvang, John M aw, Gilben Roy, Frank A. Kiennan, Jr., Easr Asian Studies (Warhington University in Saint Louis), C. Y. Ho, C. P. Sobelman, Cynthia Y. Ning, Alain Peyraube, Sundra A & R McMillan ~E?ornpson, OZov Bertil Andmson, Vivian Hsu, Yung-0 Big, Angela Jung Palandn', Clara S. K Sun, Susan Brennecke, and Stephen Fleming. And a big debt of gratitude to John S. Rohsenow.
S~hI7frfls~hc$: <strong>Essays</strong> in Honor of Johrl DeFrancis Introduction Victor H. Mair University of Pennsylvania The honoree of this volume may be chronologically eighty years old, but he is decidedly a young man at heart A number of associates in China and in the United States are currently involved in a strenuous effort to compile the first general-purpose, Chinese- English dictionary arranged strictly according to a single alphabetical sequence of whole words. None of us is more energetic or enthusiastic than John DeFrancis. When our ABC dictionary becomes a reality in a couple of years, no one will have been more responsible for its conceptualization and execution than John. And if any proof is needed for that statement, I have a stack of memos from him in my office to show how amazing are his attention for detail and ability to think through problems clearly. But it is not just the ABC dictionary that reveals John to be a man of enormous vision and productivity. These characteristics have been evident in his life and work for over half a century. It is hard to imagine that John published his fmt book over forty years ago and just as difficult to conceive of a man his age continuing to write equally eloquent and important works up to the present moment. 1 do not need to name John's numerous books and articles one by one -- the partial bibliography of his works that follows this introduction will suffice to give a sense of their wide range and great significance. What has always impressed me about all of John's writing, since long before I ever had the good fortune to meet him personally, is his keen perceptivity. John has an almost incredible talent for cutting through obfuscation and seeing what the crux of any given matter may be. This penetrating insight enables John to define issues clearly, to analyze them incisively, and to present his solutions lucidly. Furthermore, John's well-organized mind permits him to achieve feats of practical scholarship that can only be dreamed of by the common mortal. On top of all these other stellar qualities, John is possessed of nearly superhuman industriousness and efficiency. Let me put it bluntly: if the necessary facts are out there somewhere, John will be able to dig them up - even from the middle of the Pacific Ocean! -- and put them to good use. So John is a superb scholar with many excellent works to his credit. Yet there is another ingredient, or pair of ingnxhents, that sets John DeFrancis apart from all the other fine scholars whom I have encountered -- that is his passion and his compassion. John cares. Whatever John does is because he wants to help improve things. His classic Ndiomlism and Longrcage Reform in chi^ was dedicated to Old Wang. If we turn to p. 143 of the same book, we can find out who Old Wang was: Known as Old Wang. Age thirty-five. Totally illiterate. Occupation: peasant. Lives in a tiny village four and a half miles northeast of Peking. Married to the daughter of a peasant from a near-by village. Has three - children ranging in age from four to nine. Wife and children likewise itliterate. People like Old Wang really matter to John. It is to all the Old Wangs of the world that John devoted his whole life, and that is why his achievements have such profound meaning. John's entire being is consumed with the noble impulse to make existence easier for everyone. Although I do not wish to breach confidentiality, I have witnessed John's extraordinary generosity on numerous occasions. Here is a man who seems to find deep satisfaction in joyful self-sacrifice for the greater good. It is an inspiration just to how him.
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