懷念世紀人瑞王家揚

傅通先

2020年1月19日是個悲傷的日子。

德高望重的百歲人瑞王家揚走了！

與魯迅有過密切交往的最后一位見證人走了！

關愛我退休后十年工作的慈祥的長者走了！

1918年生于浙江寧海一個貧苦農家的王家揚，11歲隨長兄王育和到上海讀書，與作家柔石一同居住在橫浜路景云里23號。這本是魯迅租住的房子。魯迅搬離后仍舊住在不遠處，所以王家揚常去魯迅家串門，魯迅和柔石都很喜歡這個聰明乖巧的少年，常給他講江西紅軍反“圍剿”斗爭的消息，點燃少年心中的紅色火苗。1931年1月17日，柔石在王家揚家里吃過中飯后出去開會，從此再也沒有回來。原來是身為共產黨員的柔石，在與一些進步青年作家開會時被國民黨當局逮捕。柔石在獄中寫了兩封信給王家揚大哥，王育和當即把信轉交給魯迅看。僅僅過了20天，柔石與另四位青年作家就被秘密槍殺于上海龍華。

魯迅先生聽到噩耗，極其悲憤，寫詩表達內心的憤慨：“忍看朋輩成新鬼，怒向刀叢覓小詩?！?3歲的王家揚失去了朝夕相處的親密老師，內心也十分沉痛。

魯迅、王育和與一些浙江同鄉為了幫助柔石三個遺孤，決定成立一個教育基金會。一日，王家揚聽到敲門聲，急忙開門，竟是魯迅來了。他照例穿著長袍，親切而慈祥地摸摸王家揚的頭，然后拿出100塊銀元作為教育基金。

魯迅先生逝世兩年后，胸懷紅色火苗的王家揚參加了新四軍，翌年又加入了中國共產黨。新中國成立后，歷任全國總工會書記處書記、浙江省政協主席等職，直至1994年離休。

離休前后，王家揚同志做了三件名垂青史的好事。

第一，牽頭創辦了樹人大學。

1984年，接到創辦民辦大學的倡議，王家揚即四處奔波，考察實地，八方納賢，克難履艱，主持創辦了這所全日制民辦高校。他倡導“樹人為興國之本”，并拿出自己的積蓄設立了“王家揚獎學金”，厚德育人，播恩勵學。如今，樹人大學已經從最初的“三無”窘境中脫穎而出，發展為一所頗有名氣的民辦大學。

第二，參與創辦了中國國際茶文化研究會。

王家揚本不嗜茶，自從調回浙江工作，在全國首屈一指的茶鄉接觸茶藝多了，深感茶作為一種世界性的健康飲料，尚缺少國際間的交流與合作。浙江是茶圣陸羽晚年的居住地，是他寫作世界上首部茶學專著《茶經》的地方，最有資格和條件完成這一前所未有的使命。于是，在王家揚的倡議下，由杭州8家涉茶單位經過一年半的籌備，1990年10月，有中、日、韓、美等國和我國港、澳、臺地區茶人參與的中國國際茶文化研討會首次在杭州召開。王家揚主持會議，揭開了中國當代茶文化復興的序幕。三年后，王家揚又倡議成立中國國際茶文化研究會，并得到國家民政部批準，王家揚眾望所歸，被推選為會長。他先后主持了浙江杭州、湖南常德、云南昆明、韓國漢城、浙江杭州、廣東廣州六屆國際茶文化研討會，又倡導樹人大學設立我國首個茶文化專業。他以自己的執著和人格魅力讓中國茶文化得到空前的發展和傳播。2013年，王家揚被授予“世界杰出茶人貢獻獎”。

第三，振興了《文化交流》雜志。

1985年，浙江大學名譽校長、時任浙江省人大常委會副主任的劉丹創辦了《文化交流》雜志，后因種種原因難以為繼。1987年，王家揚同志覺得這樣一本溝通海內外的雜志就此中斷可惜，便接手過來，請浙江省對外文化交流協會、浙江省人民對外友好協會主辦，并請剛從新聞崗位卸任的吳堯民任總編輯。王家揚同志親自籌經費、搭班子、議選題，使這本中英文雙語刊成了定期出版的雙月刊。到了2000年，年事已高的吳堯民動員我接替他的工作，而我的直接領導便是劉楓、沈祖倫、王家揚三位。連續10年，每年的工作總結匯報會，三位領導都蒞臨會議，分別提出辦刊意見和報道選題。

頭三年，我尚處在報社返聘期，社會工作較多。一天王老把我召去，與我促膝談心，并久久抓住我的手和顏悅色地說：“通先同志，多花一點精力辦雜志！”我知道，這是在批評我投入《文化交流》的精力太少。但他的這種批評語氣和方法讓人暖心。

2005年10月，在《文化交流》雜志創刊20周年時，雜志獲得了上級領導發來的賀信，刊登在第6期雜志的頭條位置。王家揚同志很高興，囑咐我們要好好貫徹執行“充分發揮對外交流的窗口作用，把刊物越辦越好”的指示。這年底，當我們報告想將雜志由雙月刊改為月刊時，獲得三位老領導的一致支持，并通過各種渠道增加了辦刊經費。

2007年10月25日，我去王家揚同志住宅匯報工作時，聽他回憶當年與魯迅、柔石相處的情景，并據此整理出《王家揚憶魯迅、柔石》一文。老人仔細審閱，親筆改動了20多處。文章在《文化交流》雜志發表后，幾家報刊轉載，引起讀者的廣泛關注。

2020年年初，我在新書《天堂探花》出版后特地選取一冊寫上“敬呈王家揚同志教正”，可是在投遞途中驚聞老人逝世的噩耗，再也無法聆聽這位慈祥領導的教誨了！1月22日，我的手機上收到王家揚子女的《答謝辭》。其中有一段非常感人的話：“遵父親‘后事從簡，不打擾人，不留骨灰，撒到茶園的遺囑，我們已經送父親去了他想要去的地方”。

一個高尚的靈魂將永運伴隨他鐘愛的茶香而流芳千古。

Wang Jiayang passed away on January 19， 2020 at 102. I worked as editor-in-chief of Cultural Dialogue under his guidance for ten years after I stepped down from the leadership of Zhejiang Daily Press Group.

Born into a poor rural family in Ninghai in 1918， Wang Jiayang arrived in Shanghai and went to school there when he was 11 years old. His elder brother Wang Yuhe， 15 years senior， took care of him. They lived in a house in Jinyun Lane. Lu Xun had used to live in the same house before he moved somewhere not far from the lane. As his big brother was a friend of Rou Shi （1902-1931）， an author who was a friend of Lu Xun， Wang Jiayang knew Lu Xun personally. On January 17， 1931， Rou Shi had lunch at Wangs home and then left. But he never came back. A member of the Communist Party of China， Rou Shi was arrested with some young writers. Rou Shi wrote Wang Yuhe two letters from jail. The letters were actually meant for Lu Xun. The elder brother delivered them to Lu. Rou and four other young writers were secretly executed 20 days later. After Rou died， Lu Xun， Wang Yuhe， and some natives of Zhejiang set up an education fund for the three children of Rou Shi. One day， Lu Xun came to visit Wang Yuhe. Wang Jiayang opened the door to the visitor. As his elder brother was not home， Lu Xun didnt stay. He left 100 silver dollars and asked him to pass them on to his elder brother.

In the first three years of the decade I worked as editor-in-chief， I was also engaged in some work at Zhejiang Daily Press Group. One day， Wang Jiayang asked me to visit him. We had a conversation. He held my hand for a long time and asked me to focus on Cultural Dialogue. I immediately realized that he was criticizing me for not spending adequate time on running Cultural Dialogue. I was deeply touched by his gentle approach.

October 2005 saw the 20th anniversary of Cultural Dialogue， which was still a bimonthly then. We received a letter of congratulation from the chief of the CPC committee of the province. The letter was reprinted in the sixth issue of the year. Wang was very happy and urged us to “give full play to the window on international exchanges and keep improving the publication”， as instructed in the letter of congratulation. At the year end of 2005， we proposed to upgrade the bimonthly to monthly. Liu Feng， Shen Zulun and Wang Jiayang supported the proposal. They helped make financial arrangements so that the monthly had adequate funds.

On October 25， 2007， I visited Wang and reported my work at Cultural Dialogue. After the report， Wang reminisced about Lu Xun and Rou Shi he met when he was very young. I jotted down the details and later fleshed them out in a report. Wang proofread the manuscript and made 20 plus corrections. It was printed in the January 2008 issue of Cultural Dialogue and caused a stir among readers. It was reprinted in other publications.

In early 2020， I was about to send out a copy of my new book to Wang when I learned that he had just passed away. How grieved I was！ On January 22， I received a text from the children of Wang Jiayang. They followed their fathers will that partly reads “Simplify funeral arrangements. Disturb nobody. Dont keep bone ashes and scatter them in a tea plantation.”