文化不同，殊途同歸 虞和芳 16.4.2020發佈

文化不同，殊途同歸 虞和芳 16.4.2020發佈 這次Covid-19疫病流行，不管是哪一個國家，什麼文化，什麼人種，都會遭受到襲擊。這看出整個世界是一體，息息相關。 這個疫病，沒有特效藥可以治療，沒有疫苗可以預防，只靠每個人的免疫系統。醫療衛生發達的國家，對感染病毒的人們，有輔助的治療，如心肺衰弱，有儀器可以扶助心肺的功能，維持生命，幫助病人增加自己的免疫系統功能，來對抗病毒。 如何來對付Covid-19疫病，不但看出人性，人心，還看出不同國家的政策，如何來對待控制這個疫病。 收到波蘭Ochinowsky教授一封信，讚美台灣防疫的成功，同時談到波蘭在復活節，特別是今年，遇到Covid-19疫病的反思。他還詢問我以中國文化背景，如何來看這件事。我昨晚給他的回信如下： Dear Professor Ochinowski, Thank you very much for your friendly and philosophical point of view over the Easter in your country “Easter is coming.  This is  a special time of enjoying the phenomenon of Life (natural and spiritual at the same time)  in my culture. Three days before Easter Sunday are called Holy Week. We meditate on the mysteries   of suffering and death then. So this mysterious triangle: suffer, death and life has a special meaning in this year, at the time of pandemic.” It is  true, your country is exceptional, in the history, suffered three time divided by Russia , Germany.  Your national anthem: Poland Is Not Yet Lost”, I wrote a thesis which was published in 歐洲國際評論，第三期，2007 年，頁 85-105 Paris in Comparison with Warsaw: During and After the Second World War ––The Suffering and Development   Yu Ho-fang∗ Abstract “The Second World War has an enormous influence on Europe and the whole world. Germany attacked Poland on 1.9.1939 and the Second World War began immediately. After Warsaw was sieged and overcome, Nazi began a terrible regime there. German built a lot of Concentration Camps in Poland in order to reach the aim of genocide against Jews and Polish people. Paris was ruled by Germany and at the end of the war, Hitler commanded General Dietrich von Choltitz to level Paris with the ground, but General Choltitz did not obey the order. On the contrary, he saved Paris from the disasters. This article is focused on the suffering, development and influence of these two cities-- Paris and Warsaw during and after the Second World War. How they reacted to the German occupation and how they dealt with the after war problems. In addition, this article tried to gain an overview via analysis the terrible experience of the war, how the three countries—Germany, France and Poland tried to conciliate with each other and finally they are united under the“European Union”. Keywords: Paris, Warsaw, genocide, Christian, European Union ……… Pope John Paul II is one of the greatest man in 20 century.  I adorn him so much… We Chinese have different culture, the core philosophy is focused on  Confucius and Lao-zi.   I-Jing is one of the most important canon which dominated Chinese cultural background. I myself is a catholic.  So it is very nice to communicate with you. Thank you for your praise on our motherland controlling pandemic so successfully and  you missed Taiwan. Prof. Kuo Wu-ping,  the former Director of Graduate Institute of European Studies,Nan-Hua Uni. is now back from USA to Taiwan for Taiwan is successfully against this pandemic. Wish you and your family remain healthy. Best regards Yu Ho-fang