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1967年,当时我在驻荷兰使馆工作。彼时国内的“文化大革命”方兴未艾,红卫兵手捧红宝书的镜头常常出现在欧洲电视荧屏上。欧洲人当时把《毛主席语录》称作《毛的圣经》或简称《小红书》。有一天,一位年轻的荷兰商人送了我一本大小式样及装订都与《语录》相仿的《小红书》,但书名却是《与中国人做生意的秘密》。书的扉页上有一段文字,大意是:“当今的中国正处于’文化大革命’的狂热之中,一切都要服从于’文化大革命’的政治需要。在这种
In 1967, I was working in the Netherlands embassy. At that time, the ”Cultural Revolution“ was on the rise in China. The shots of the Red Guards hand holding red book often appeared on European television screens. At that time, Europeans referred to ”Quotations from Chairman Mao“ as the ”Bible of Mao“ or ”Little Red Book.“ One day, a young Dutch businessman sent me a ”little red book“ of the same size and style as the ”Quotations,“ but the title was ”the secret of doing business with the Chinese.“ There is a passage on the title page of the book, to the effect that: ”Today’s China is in the craze of the ’Cultural Revolution’ and everything is subject to the political needs of the ’Cultural Revolution.’ In this