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:
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