许志永之所以重要

My Friend Zhiyong

I met Zhiyong for the first time during the 2007 YLF Nanjing trip, although I have known him by name for quite some time. As most people know him, I was so impressed and inspired by his belief that China can be better. When most of the people stopped thinking about the future of China (as forbidden by the government), he still dreams about the future. We spent wonderful three days in Nanjing, and the longest talk happened in the bar near the Nanjing University. When most of the YLFer went to dance, Zhiyong, Nick Yu, and I sat around the table to discuss legal/moral/democratic processes of China for the whole night. I will talk about it later, but the short version is, I found I am inspired to run for a seat at Shanghai People’s Congress the next round, because in December 2003, running as an independent candidate, he won the only openly contested election for a seat in the Beijing People’s Congress. He said the law gives everyone the right to run for it, and why give it up?

My Favorite Photo of Zhiyong

Among many photo I took during that trip, below is the best I choose for Zhiyong. I even don’t remember whether I have sent it to Zhiyong afterwards.

Photograph by Jian Shuo Wang, December 1, 2007 at Nanjing Zhongshan Memorial

Right behind his shoulder is “civil right”! He was so born in the county named “Minquan”, which means “Civil right” in Chinese, in Henan. That is what he fights for in the last few years.

Photograph by Jian Shuo Wang at Nanjing Guest House

译文：王建硕（@ jianshuo ） ：许志永之所以重要

我的朋友志勇

第一次见到志永是在2007年的南京美中青年领袖论坛（YFL）活动中，虽然当时我耳闻他的名字已有相当长一段时间。就像认识他的大多数人一样，我被他对中国能变得更好的执着信念深深鼓舞，留下了深刻的印象。当大多数人不再思考中国的未来（这种思考被政府所禁止），志永仍对未来充满着梦想。我们在南京度过了美好的三天，在南大附近的的酒吧长谈。当大多数论坛的参加者去跳舞时，志永，Nick 于（待人肉――译者注）和我坐在桌旁，彻夜地讨论法律/道德/中国的民主进程。以后我会详谈这件事，简而言之，我受到他启发，决心参选下一届的上海人大，因为在2003年12月，志永作为一个独立竞选的候选人赢得了唯一公开竞选的北京人大代表席位。他说，法律给了每个人选举权，为什么要放弃？

在会议期间我拍了许多照片，以下是我选出的最好的志永照片。我甚至不记得事后我是否发给了志永。

[ 本帖最后由 花想容 于 2009-8-14 18:26 编辑 ]