有感而發  On Reflection
◎李家同　推薦序
（現任暨南國際大學教授‧曾任臺灣清華大學校長）

A Preface by Chia-Tung Lee
Professor of National Chi Nan University and Ex-President of Taiwan Qing Hua University


當我看到這本書的文稿時，心中有一份震憾，特別是其中那篇〈讓錯誤不再發生〉更是讓我感觸良多，作者王士明提到他一輩子都帶著一份扔都扔不掉的愧疚！為什麼？他這麼寫著：

「我沒想到我還是個學生，二十歲不到，但我已經荒唐地將一條生命帶來人世，又無知地剝奪他生存的權利！」

When I read the manuscript of this book, I was shaken. One of the articles in the book entitled “Don’t Let the Mistake Happen Again” especially left me with many feelings. The author, Shi Ming Wang, mentioned that he is carrying an unshakable sense of shame and guilt for the rest of his life. Why? He wrote that,

“I couldn’t believe that as a student less than twenty years old, I did a terrible thing and brought a life into the world, then ignorantly deprived him of the right to live!” 這讓我猛然想起，當今學府又有多少當年的王士明？我自一九七五年任教以來，至今已三十三年，三十多年來目睹我們的校園風氣，由簡樸到開放，乃至先進。以前，在大學校園男女交往，基本上是含蓄中帶著禮法，彼此互相尊重婚前的情操，雙方於自我約束中自有一份含蓄的美，不會為來日罩上一層陰影。

After reading this account, I suddenly thought that, “In our schools today, how many students are in similar predicaments as the young Mr. Wang?” It has been thirty-three years since I started teaching in 1975. During these thirty-some years, I have witnessed the atmosphere on our campuses changing from being plain and simple to being permissive; our permissiveness in schools has surpassed that of some countries. In the past, men and women on college campuses were basically shy towards each other, and they acted with propriety in their relationships. During their courtship before marriage, couples respected each other’s integrity. This self-restraint on both sides had a certain beauty, and it also prevented a dark shadow from hanging over the couple in the future.

就拿婚前性行為來講，在過去，不論西方社會和東方社會，都是不應該的。可是現在呢，臺灣青年學子在暑假偷嚐禁果，開學時收拾殘局的現象，屢見不鮮。婦產科醫生更表示：近年來墮胎不再限於「九月」，現在幾乎天天是墮胎日！更令人心寒的是：年輕學子將墮胎當做避孕，態度也是無所謂的；而且墮胎的年齡層越來越下降！

As for nowadays, let’s take premarital sex as an example. In the past, such an act was prohibited in both Eastern and Western societies. However, these days, it is common for young students in Taiwan to steal a taste of the forbidden fruit during their summer vacation, and then when school starts they try to clean up the mess they have made. In addition, gynecologists have indicated that in recent years, abortion is no longer limited to the month of September (i.e., when school starts); rather, now, abortion is taking place almost every day! What really chilled my bones was when I heard that young students are using aborti