「香格里拉」主人外孫來函

JJ寄來Robert外公寫的一首七言律詩玉龍山 (詩中七度提及玉龍山，) 描寫雄偉的山勢、湖水、景色，優美細膩，令人遐想！相傳張公就是寓言小說「失去的地平線」中「香格里拉」的主人。

今晨六時，打開信箱，更令我興奮的是，竟然收到一封「香格里拉」主人的外孫寄來的電子信，讀了讓我感動萬分！不敢怠慢，第一時間立即將它上傳，讓大家共享。

我很高興！要謝謝JJ，還沒有機會去這趟四月「香格里拉」之旅(April China Trip to "Shangrila" ) 就先體會到太多的感人故事。

Robert信中證實，此詩乃其外公於68年前，遊麗江之上的玉龍山 時所寫。張公時年60。張兄詩文均駕臨一般人之上，恐受其外公才華之遺傳也！有此奇才與我等共伍(SeaSky Choir)，乃吾人之福耶。

Dear Greg:

The poem indeed was written by my grandfather, my mother's dad, about 68 years ago (1939) when he journeyed onto Jade Dragon Mountain in Lijiang at 60. Coincidentally when I reached to the plateau of the same mountain last November in the open cable car I carried the same number. I dedicated that trip as a meeting with my grandpa in that deep beautiful mountain with his poem in my pocket as a guide, a map, and most importantly a 信物. Besides this one, he wrote several poems along the way when he traveled into Yunnan. I could see his footsteps imprinted in that wondrous Southwestern China one by one. He passed away in 1974 in Ghongzhou at a tender age of 94.

Cheers,

Robert