何鳳山博士墓志銘
公元二十世紀三十年代，法西斯狂潮肆虐歐洲，數百萬猶太人慘遭迫害。無辜平民死中求生尋找求生之路，多國政府懾于淫威拒收猶太難民。在此漫天黑暗間，維也納一處屋宇燈火猶亮，一位東方外交官爭分奪秒發放簽證，幫助猶太難民逃到上海和其他地方。屋宇為何名？中國駐維也納總領事館也。外交官為何人？中國駐維也納總領事何鳳山博士也。此屋宇終被法西斯沒收，何鳳山博士自租公寓繼續簽證。此善舉又被國內同行疑嫉，何鳳山博士光明磊落不為所動。隨其手也，千百家庭得以絕處逢生：隨其筆也，沉溺之身攀上救命方舟；隨其聲也，域外人士驚識中華文明；隨其形也，離亂生命重建人世信心。華夏之德，不思遠征而不拒遠援。君子之道，默行大善而不聲張。何鳳山博士之功績埋入塵沙久焉，近年方見端倪(inkling)，已被以色列政府授予”國際正義人士”榮譽稱號。其家鄉中國湖南省益陽市民眾聞之事跡，深為感動，遂會商其子女，決定修筑何鳳山紀念墓地于中心城區，以千年鄉土體溫，永久擁抱這位偉大游子。 后代余贊之曰：三尺之助尚不易，萬里之善非等閑，亂世星火天有記，湖南益陽何鳳山。
余秋雨 敬撰于丁亥年夏日
In the 1930s, when the evil torrent of fascism was raging through/ running amuck in Europe, millions of Jews were suffering from inhuman persecution, and a great number of innocent civilians, who were on the razor’s edge, were desperately groping their way of survival. Under such circumstances, many governments refused to receive the Jewish refugees for fear of the fascist despotic power. In the murky darkness, the light in a house in Vienna was still on, in which an Oriental diplomat was racing against time issuing visas to Jewish refugees to help them flee to Shanghai and other places. What house it was? It was the Consulate-General of China to Vienna. Who was the diplomat? Dr. He Fengshan, China’s consul general in Vienna. When the house was eventually seized/confiscated by the fascists, Dr. He Fengshan rented an apartment to keep on issuing visas. Though his almsdeed brought about fear and hatred on part of his peers at home, Dr. He, open as the day/open and aboveboard, remained insusceptible. Under his hand, thousands of families survive impending deaths; with his witty pen, drowning/endangered ones managed to get on board the Ark of life; with his voice, foreigners got astonished at the greatness of the Chinese civilization; on his best behavior, the desperate had regained their confidence.One of the Chinese virtues is not to go on an expedition, but to lend their aid to these who are far away. Gentlemen’s way is to remain silent when they do some good deeds. Dr He’s merits have remained buried underneath for a too long time, and the inkling of his merits have not been brought to light until present time. The Israeli Government has conferred the honorary title of “the international Righteous Figure” on him. On hearing of his great merits, the people in his hometown, Yiyang City, Hunan Province of China, being deeply moved, have decided to build up a memorial tomb in honor of Dr. He Fengshan in downtown city in association with his offspring to commemorate this great son with the warm soil of his hometown.
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