1973年,王賡武第一次向當時的內政部長Tun Dr. Ismail申請入境中國,順利得到了Tun Dr. Ismail通情的批准。
兩三年後,王賡武又必須帶學生去中國,這時他向新任的內政部長Ghazali Shafie提出申請。
第一次Ghazali 批了王賡武的申請,但是當他再次向Ghazali申請入境中國的時候,卻遭到了Ghazali不達理的拒絕。
理由是:你才剛剛去完中國,怎麼那麼快又要去。
這幾段故事,一定程度上說明了馬來亞政府並不怎麼會用人,曰:唯才是舉,澳洲香港新加坡得而用之。
《The Use of History》里的最後幾段話
王賡武在他1966年總結演講時選用了論語的一段話,但他沒有完全引完全文。
孔子的全句是:
1957/0118652W In the Court of the Senior Magistrate at Kuala Lumpur Civil Suit No. 138 of 1898. In the matter of the Estate of Yap Ah Loy, deceased, between Yap Hon Chin (28) Yap Loong Shin (23) Yap Leong Soon (18) Yap Kim Neo Yap Leong Sem by his next friend Ong Chi Siew Yap Leong Fong Plaintiffs and Kok Kang Keow (48), otherwise called Kok Ngeo Nga who is sued as Administratrix of the Estate and Effects of Yap Ah Loy, deceased. On the tombstone of Yap Ah Loy, we were given the following list: 1 隆興 (b. 29 December 1869, d. 5 January 1933), 2 隆盛 (Loong Shin, b. 4 April 1875, d. <1925?), 3 隆顺 (Leong Soon, b. 6 March 1880, d. 8 December 1907, died when he was only 27.8), 4 隆發 (b. 10 August 1882, d. 21 September 1900, died when he was only 18...
As explained in Part I of the article, instead of building their house with the easy method of hexagonal top + hexagonal bottom , honeybees are building their cells with hexagonal top + rhombic bottom . In this article, I will try to give a calculus-based demonstration on how the honeybees achieve the economization of their wax resources with a rhombic angle of 70°32'. Suppose we start with a hexagonal prism with flat bottom like the one shown in the figure above. Let \( AB = a\), \(A''A = b\). Then it can be shown that the surface area \(S_0\) and the volume \(V\) of this prism are: $$S_0= 6ab + \frac{3\sqrt{3}}{2}a^2, \quad V = \frac{3\sqrt{3}}{2}a^2b$$ respectively. Mark a point \(B'\) on the prism so that \(B'B'' = x\) and slice a tetrahedron from the prism along the line \(A''C''\) through point \(B'\). Then, flip and rearrange the sliced tetrahedron on top of the prism, as shown below. If you repeat this proc...
In 1680, Andreas Müller (b. 1630, d. 1694) published a small book containing a collection of the Lord's Prayers in 83 languages. The work was later revised and expanded by other authors in 1700, 1705, and 1713. The following discussion examines the Malay and Chinese texts as presented in the revised edition published in 1713. The Lords Prayer in above a hundred languages, versions, and characters, published in 1713. Oratio Dominica ΠΟΛΥΓΛΩΤΤΟΣ ΠΟΛΥΜΟΡΦΟΣ. Nimirum Plus Centum Linguis, Versionibus, aut Characteribus Reddita & Expressa. Editio Novissima. Speciminibus variis quam priores comitatior. The work is built upon the earlier publication of Müller although the title page of the book did not explicitly mention any editor or author. In the Malay text, the Lord's kingdom 國 was rendered as ra'jat, using an old spelling system devised by Van Ophuijsen. It is...
火者亞三 先生是中古馬六甲時代很出名的一條水。 Khoja Hassan (b. 1473, d. 1521) was a rather colorful mantri in Melaka. He was the maritime mantri (水官 Laxamana 1 ) in Melaka, he took over the role from his father-in-law, a certain mister Tuah in Sejarah Melayu. The role was then passed to his brother-in-law 2 when Melaka was about to be sacked by the Portuguese. It is clear from this example that nepotism is deeply integrated in Asiatic court politics. He was of Southern Chinese descent (probably Fujian or Guangdong), but his name reveals that he was a Muslim Chinese. Khoja is linked the Persian word khvâjəh ( خواجه ) and it is originally used to describe a class of Muslim converts in India. Amur leopard by Kwon Jung-soon Given his familarity with Chinese matters, he was recruited by the Portuguese after the fall of Melaka, as the envoy of the new Portuguese Melaka. When he was in China, he became the play companion of the 10th Ming Emperor (Zh...
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