英国伟大诗人、剧作家莎士比亚生于1564年,卒于1616年。台湾诗人兼散文家余光中先生的《给莎士比亚的一封回信》作于1967年。他居然奇思妙想,假设在351年前早已作古的莎翁,今天依然健在人世,就其“有意来中国讲学”一事奔走接洽,并且想象与莎翁煞有介事的通讯对话。时间与空间的错谬、历史与现实的错谬,结撰而成这篇幽默小品,令我们读者反复揣摩、再三思索个中的思想。 Shakespeare, a great British poet and playwright, was born in 1564 and died in 1616. A Reply to Shakespeare by Mr. Yu Guangzhong, a Taiwanese poet and essayist, was made in 1967. He imagined that supposing the long-established Shakespeare 351 years ago, he is still alive today, talking about his “intention to come to China to give lectures” and imagines a communication dialogue with Shakespeare. The mistakes of time and space, the errors of history and reality, and the compilation of this piece of humor evoke the repeated attempts of our readers to ponder on one of these thoughts.