陳康書匣 reading with Chung-Hwan Chen
陳康（陳忠寰，Chung-Hwan Chen，1905-1992），華人世界出現過最傑出的希臘哲學學者，他的柏拉圖研究細膩深入，民國33年就發表了"On the Parmenides of Plato"(Classical Quarterly (1944), 38 : pp 101-114)，當時他所屬的學術單位是戰爭時期遷移到重慶沙坪壩的中央大學(National Central University, Chungking)；如今國際上最具指標性的古代哲學期刊Phronesis，剛開始發行不久的卷期中(1957, 2:1、2:2)，也可以看到陳康發表的論文。
Chung-Hwan Chen (Ludwig C. H. Chen, 1905-1992) is an excellent philosopher. His studies in ancient Greek philosophy is still incomparable among all Chinese-speaking scholars of the same field. During the WWII, he published "On the Parmenides of Plato"(Classical Quarterly (1944), 38 : pp 101-114) when he taught in National Central University, Chungking. The article was brought out from the country which was so seriously threaten by the flames of war. He also published papers in Phronesis when this significant journal of ancient philosophy has just issued its second volume (1957, 2:1 ; 2:2).
在文化大學擁有的圖書中，有些舊版本的希臘哲學書籍，是陳康的用書。與一般人對文化大學的印象不同的是，文化大學早年似乎提供了一些人事物的政治庇護。以柏拉圖哲學的書籍來說，重要的捐贈者，除了陳康之外，還有我國憲法起草人張君勱。
左邊的圖片集錦是我們（畫瑰和小助理彩蓮）幫幾本陳康和張君勱用書所拍攝的。現在，有部分書籍由文化大學哲學系華岡哲學學報編輯室特藏；另外，文化大學圖書總館裡，仍還有不少有著陳康簽名或張君勱用印的哲學書，依照標準的圖書分類，分散在開架式的書庫中，可以讓細心的讀者找尋前輩思想家的閱讀痕跡。
[提醒：陳康和張君勱的書都有點年紀了，脆弱珍貴，拿取碰觸時請溫柔小心。]
In the main library of Chinese Culture University, Taiwan, there are a number of scholarly books on Plato, Greek philosophy or ancient political thoughts printed around 50's~70's, donated by C. H. Chen and Carsun Chang.
(Carsun Chang is one of the most significant political thinkers in the changing China of the twentieth century. The current Constitution applied in Taiwan can be traced to the draft of "the Constitution of the Republic of China" which was written by Carsun Chang.)
[reminder: when you have the opportunity to meet these delicate books, please treat them with your highest tenderness.]
和陳康一起閱讀，實在很美妙。尤其是讀到自己也很喜歡的柏拉圖的文本段落時。
在下面這個頁面，我將試著陸續整理一些資料，呈現出來。
It is my great pleasure to find that some books on Plato which I am reading were read by C. H. Chen.
簽名Signature
陳康閱讀的外文書，常在封面翻開右頁上方的角落，以原子筆簽名。字跡乾淨細緻，一如他嚴謹清晰的學術風格。
Chung-Hwan Chen's signature.
這是早期出版藍青色平裝本的F. M. Cornford 的 Plato's Theory of Knowledge -- The Theaetetus and the Sophist of Plato。
這本上面是深墨色的簽名。
Chen's signature on Plato's Theory of knowledge by Cornford.
1958年，陳康原先是到義大利參加國際哲學會議，之後到了美國，接受了Emory University 的聘書。下面這個記下地點Emory的簽名，出現在同樣藍青色平裝書庫系列中的Plato's Phaedrus (作者是R. Hackforth)。
In 1958, C. H. Chen went to Italy to participate a conference, and then went to U.S.A and finally accepted an offer of position and started to teach in Emory University. The signature below is on Hackforth's Plato's Phaedrus, the edition of the library of liberal arts with deep blue cover.
陳康也曾經在Post College of Long Island University任教，這本Plato's Epistles（柏拉圖書信集）應該是那個時期買的。書裡還夾有紐約哥倫比亞大學書店的收據。
This copy of Plato's Epistles should be bought in the period when C. H. Chen taught in Post College of Long Island University. The receipt of purchase at Columbia university bookshop was kept between pages of the book.
讀書 Reading
館藏陳康使用過的書籍中，我自己最喜愛的是這本--牛津版柏拉圖理想國希臘文(in J. Burnet ed., Platonis Opera IV, Oxford, 1903)。My favorite is this book-- Burnet's edition of the Greek Text of Plato's Republic (in Platonis Opera IV, Oxford, 1903).
這本希臘文本如今已經很殘破了，陳康不知翻閱多少次，當我們小心翼翼翻開那最脆弱、雜夾在書本中脫落的頁面，發現是史蒂芬奴頁碼508-521，也就是日喻、線喻、洞穴喻的出處。這《理想國》裡人們最熟知、好像大家很容易就懂得的三個譬喻，陳康卻是那麼仔細地研讀過。
Chen must have use the book often and heavily. It looks broken now. The most fragile pages are about 508-521, the analogy of the Sun,the analogy of the Line, and the analogy of the Cave. It seems that the three analogies are so difficult to understand for Chen and thus he read these passages times out of number.
這裡可以看到陳康很輕的鉛筆筆跡，殘留的字跡依稀可以辨識：他在頁楣上註記著這一頁508d7的希臘文τὸ γιγνόμενόν τε καὶ ἀπολλύμενον (那生成變化的以及會毀壞的)。這段原文的脈絡是指，在那生成與毀滅的領域中，心靈形成的是「意見」(δόξα, doxa, belief/ opinion/ judgement)。
Here we can find Chen's handwriting. He wrote some notes very lightly in pencil on the right corner of the page 508: τὸ γιγνόμενόν τε καὶ ἀπολλύμενον 508d7 (the becoming and destroyed). In the context, Plato explains that in the region of the becoming and destroyed, the mind can only form δόξα (doxa, belief/ opinion/ judgement)。
張君勱的印、字，與海德格簽名
Carsun Chang & the poetry booklet of Heidegger
另外，圖館裡有些希臘哲學方面的舊書，是張君勱捐贈的。
I found some books on Greek philosophy are donated by Carsun Chang.
張君勱的用書上，留有他藏書印。
Inside the books of Carsun Chang, you may find his stamp. His name is so beautifully arranged inside the dark read square.
不同於陳康小心翼翼極為仔細的學者風格，張君勱的字跡氣勢狂強而不羈。下面這一頁，他（不大直地）劃了幾行字，寫上幾個重點：Phaedrus（還少寫一個e)、form 在God之先、Idea 在(？)先、Idea非Concept、Idea 非emantions。
Chang's personality is so different from Chen. It could be shown by his handwriting. It leaps time to time as his thoughts, as waves of Yang-tzu River. Below he wrote: Pha(e)drus、form 在God之先、Idea 在(？)先、Idea非Concept、Idea 非emantions.
在張君勱的這些藏書中，最令人驚喜的，是一本小小的詩集——海德格(Martin Heidegger) 的 Aus der Erfarhung des Denkens。
Among the books of Carsun Chang, one big surprise would be a petite poetry booklet—
Aus der Erfahrung des Denkens by Martin Heidegger.
When Carsun Chang visited Germany in 1962, he received the poetry booklet from Heidegger. Inside of the cover, we find the handwriting of the philosopher Heidegger and his signature.
因為，這本書是張君勱1962年到德國時，海德格給他的。頁扉上留有「給張君勱(外文名字Carsun Chang)...」等字樣，以及海德格的簽名。
這本書後面照例有張君勱自己的用印。Inside the back cover, here is Chang's own stamp.
據說文化哲學系所在的「大典館」以前是圖書館藏書的地方。
館裡藏著書，書裡藏著字，還有許多字以外的奇妙的玩意呢！
I heard that Da-dian ('dian' literally means books) building where the department of Philosophy is in Culture university, once upon a time, was the main library of the university. The building stand on the top of hill, seeing the sun sinks into Tamsui River day after day. The wind, the rain, the birds, the mountains and voices of students surround this building.
Books in the building. Words in the books. And much of many in and beyond the words.
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