This past summer the literary section of the United Daily News had a banquet at a restaurant on Sungkiang Road. I went for a look and saw that the stately restaurant was located where my home had stood. What a coincidence! On that day I was surprised to find the Korean poet Huh Se Wook in attendance; when old friends meet it makes them feel that the intervening twenty years have melted away.
今夏聯副有一個餐會，設宴在松江路的「金玉滿堂」，我去一看，原來這家巍峨堂皇的大飯店竟座落在從前我家的舊址上，真是巧，那天韓國詩人許世旭赫然在場，一別廿載，舊地相逢，令人感到時空交錯。