编者按 :司马辽太郎的名字广为国人所知 ,也许是开始于他那引出李登辉说出“生为台湾人的悲哀”的“对谈”发表之时。然而 ,在日本国内 ,司马作为连年获取文学大奖的“国民作家”,早已成为诸多日本人的“精神领袖”。他的许多论述 ,不仅普通日本人耳熟能详 ,就是政界首脑也常常 Editor’s Note: The name of Shia Ryota is widely known in the public, perhaps at the time of the publication of his “talk”, in which Lee Teng-hui said “the sadness of being born as a Taiwanese”. However, in Japan, as a “national writer” who has won literary awards year after year, Sima has long been a “spiritual leader” of many Japanese. Many of his discourses are familiar not only to ordinary Japanese but also to political leaders