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    Growing up in Puerto Rico, our family was no different from so many others. My parents got married after my father came back when the war ended. Both of my parents were struggling with the hard economic realities of the time. But somehow, they found time to cherish those cultural values that shaped our everyday life.
    In our daily life, we celebrated together with our friends or family members every birthday, every graduation, and all holidays with music and dancing, and typical foods. When we visited our family in the countryside—a trip that took about two hours in a car, with five children fighting as to who would get a window or the front seat —we would break into song, and somehow the trip would turn into one full of happiness and fun. We would sing not only interesting children's songs but also beautiful love songs — songs about the love of our country though we didn't understand the meaning of the words many times.
    I came to Philadelphia for the first time in 1973 to do a residency(实习) in family medicine. I remember the many hours of work. I was facing issues of life and death and suffering the clearly social unfairness and issues of poverty and race. These were all worsened by my feeling of cultural differences.
    An important turning point in my life happened one Saturday night when I attended a concert of Puerto Rico singer and composer Antonio Caban Vale. The music showed my familiar rhythms, and the words spoke to my heart. I had found a space to express, celebrate, and share my culture in Philadelphia. Therefore, I believe diversity is seen as an advantage and not as a disadvantage. As a Puerto Rican, I am a mixture of races and I believe in my strength because of this.
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我们为什么喜欢猴

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    猴年以来,有关猴的新闻层出不穷,让我们看到了猴的高人气。早在去年暑期,动画片《大圣归来》就打破了国产动画电影的新纪录;新发行的第四轮猴年邮票,大版的价格从38.4元暴涨到了1100元,升值近28倍;春晚的年吉祥物图案,引发全民讨论的热潮;猴年甚至刺激了人们的生育愿望,有媒体预计2016年“猴宝宝”将扎堆出生。

    为什么我们喜爱猴呢?论造型可爱,羊和兔也不差;论机灵乖巧,鼠和狗也够格;论神通广大,更比不上呼风唤雨的龙。有意思的是,我们喜爱猴,却没有制造什么有关它的褒义成语。“沐猴而冠”“心猿意马”都不是什么好。然而,相比较“蛇蝎心肠”“过街老鼠”,猴的形象并不差。这么一个既不太好也不太坏的形象,凭什么赢得了人们的喜爱?

    细想来,有很大一部分原因是在于猴像人,有“人性”,我们在猴身上看到了自己的影子。就像《庄子•齐物论》中所言,狙公喂猴,“朝三暮四”则猴怒,“朝四暮三”则猴喜,所得不多不少,却引发了喜怒变幻,说的不正是芸芸众生的模样?退一步,就是“食色,性也”的动物;进一步,也可以是脱胎换骨的人。

    再以猴形象的集大成者《西游记》为例,孙悟空调皮、古怪、爱捉弄人、向往自由、蔑视规矩,这些特征,使他谈不上完美,却很接近一个真实复杂、有血有肉的人的形象;而悟空后来皈依佛门,追随玄奘普度众生的理想,历经磨难,成为盖世英雄,这恰恰也像是人在实现人生价值过程中的艰苦跋涉。有不足也有追求,既滑稽又伟大,悟空是这样,人不是也很类似?

    再看《西游记》的其他形象,比如玄奘正经得不近情,八戒懒惰得让人厌烦,沙僧木讷得呆头呆脑,唯独孙悟空却正直中不乏灵气,聪慧里透着狡猾,而且绝不言败、一往无前,这种复杂而饱满的个性,使它成为了几百年来最脍炙人口的动物形象了。

    想想我们的图书、电影、游戏、动画片,有多少是关于猴的,尤其是孙悟空,衍生出了多少丰富的解读与阐释。猴的形象具有广阔的延展性,可以寄托丰富无限的诠释意义。十二生肖里,怕是没有哪一个形象的文化衍生创作可以和猴相比了。想想那么多被我们所铭记的文化形象,恰恰不在于完美,而在于真实丰富。

    作为生肖形象的猴,在个性中包含了丰富的多面性,也具备向善、升华的可塑性。由此而创作出的艺术形象,老百姓往往喜闻乐见。譬如古代画像中以猴子骑在马上寓意“马上封侯”,民间传说中也有“水中捞月”的猴子,以及当代韩美林画的“水墨猴”等。唯有在与人的相似中显出其可爱,才会让读者、观众与之心生亲近,产生共鸣。

(选自2016年3月19日《光明日报》,略删改)