Chapter 31 Luo Xinghan's Mystery

A link to several letters about Mr. Luo Xinghan, which were not signed or only signed "a reader", and a few letters that were signed but had no address and could not be verified, had to be put on the shelf, because they were too irresponsible, so that Although I would like to hear it, I dare not.There is only a letter from Mr. Ding Liu who lives in Longtan Township, Taoyuan County, and the content is relatively detailed.In order to understand the background and current whereabouts of Mr. Luo Xinghan, a mysterious person, and to clarify the concepts that must be clarified as a modern Chinese, the abstract is transcribed below.

After Mr. Ding Liu's polite opening, he said: "In your article, the part about Luo Xinghan, I think the people who provided the information to you only listened to Tu and knew some of his legendary stories. I am a courageous person, and I am Luo Xinghan's father Tang The son of my younger sister, I studied and grew up with Luo Xinghan since I was a child, until after the lone army entered a foreign land, Xinghan became a small commander of the Kokang Self-Defense Force, and when I became a student in the anti-communist university in the lone army camp, our cousins Only two can be separated. Therefore, I am confident that I am qualified to provide you with some definite information:

"1According to the "Higher Primary" geography textbook issued by the Kokang authorities in 1947, Kokang covers an area of ​​more than 5,600 square kilometers and has a population of more than 160,000. It is definitely not under the administrative system of Shan State. a "small town". "2Kokang was actually ceded to Britain by the Manchu Qing government in China in the "Sino-British Renewal of the Myanmar Treaty" on February 4, 1897. At the same time, Banhong and Bannong were also betrayed. land. "3As far as the nationality law is concerned, the current Kokang people are certainly not Chinese, but this is caused by man-made international factors. Unless Mr. Bo, you have a way to describe Hong Kong people as British, otherwise, Kokang people should always be Chinese. To say that they are not Chinese, I think not only the compatriots in the country will not agree, but even they themselves may not be able to fully agree.

"4When Mr. Luo Xinghan and I were children, the Burmese government forces could not reach Kokang. At that time, we sang the Chinese national anthem and hoisted the Chinese national flag. "5Luo Xinghan is not as good as what you said. It is just a Chinese name. He is an authentic Chinese name. His previous generation belongs to the generation of "Chao", such as Luo Chaozhong (Dali, Yunnan) A graduate of the cadre training regiment), Luo Chaodong (during the Anti-Japanese War, the Chinese army served as the head of the regiment, which is known to everyone in Kokang), Luo Chaoxiang (former director of the Kokang Education Bureau).

"6If Luo Xinghan's name is really what you always said, it was chosen for him by a lone army back then, then who are the names of Luo Xingke, Luo Xingdou, Luo Xingsuo, Luo Xingqiang, etc.? Who chose them for them? Or the generation of "Bing" below the "Xing" generation, such as Luo Bingren, Luo Bingyi, etc. Who took these names? "7Luo Xinghan's younger sister, Luo Xingju, came to Taiwan from Myanmar last year (1981). She stayed at my house during the days around Double Ten. She told me many things about Kokang." Mr. Ding Liu went on to narrate what happened:

"Luo Xinghan was released by the Burmese government on July 1, 1970. He received a heroic welcome. People from all walks of life stopped their activities to celebrate his freedom. In his bones, he is still a courageous and upright Chinese. The reason why he left his hometown was that in 1962, with the support of the Burmese government, Luo Xinghan overthrew the resolute Yang family regime at that time—the Yang family ruling The name of the person is Yang Zhencai, who once served as the Minister of Finance of Shan State, that is, the second brother of the guerrilla heroine Miss Yang Jinxiu mentioned in the article. Luo Xinghan recommended another classmate of his, Su Wenlong, to the Myanmar government as his deputy. Su Wenlong later seized power However, Luo Xinghan couldn't beat him, so he had to lead his basic troops to escape to the Golden Triangle, and started the drug trafficking business that was cursed by the world.

"Before Luo Xinghan became a small commander of the Kokang Self-Defense Force, he and ten other Kokang youths were indeed trained by the lone army back then. The person in charge of the training was a captain surnamed Wu who currently lives in Hualien." Finally, Mr. Ding Liu said: "Perhaps in the direction of my personal mentality, nationalism is too strong. Therefore, as far as the Chinese are compared with the Chinese, I feel that it is not only the refugees living in the poor mountains and rivers in northern Thailand, but the more pitiful ones are We are courageous people. We could not help ourselves, together with the land we lived in, were sold by our own country to other countries, and in the end, our compatriots from our own motherland even said that we are not Chinese.

"I really want to cry, but your article is not what you have seen with your own eyes. Thinking of this, my unknown fire is extinguished from my heart, and your article is not guilty." Mr. Ding Liu's letter ends here.First of all, I would like to apologize to Mr. Ding Liu and all the courageous compatriots. Thinking of it, not only Mr. Ding Liu wants to cry, but I also want to cry.The country is bullying and weak, and a few incompetent and corrupt officials who delineate the boundary, with a single stroke, they can delineate Kokang out of the boundary, and separate our Chinese nation from life to life.This is the same as when the Manchu Qing government gave Taiwan to Japan. The only difference is that Taiwan has returned to the motherland, and Kokang, the Congshan border area that few people know, is still looking to the east. I have no power to return to heaven." This is the emotion of Mr. Qiu Fengjia, rereading this poem, we are full of guilt.

However, the national feelings of "blood is thicker than water" are two different things from nationality, which is a must-have modern knowledge and modern concept.For example, my daughter is my own flesh and blood, but she has become an Australian citizen. Although I am a Chinese father, she is an Australian.Taking the example of Hong Kong, this is exactly what we need to understand. Hong Kong people are by no means Chinese. They are Hong Kong residents of the British colony. Before the implementation of the new nationality law, they held British passports, so they were British.Mr. Ding Liu is of course a Chinese now. If you come to Taiwan by the normal track, you can only get a Burmese passport, and I am afraid you must be a Burmese.However, no matter which country you are from, we are still fellow citizens. This is equivalent to a married daughter. Although she is named by her husband's surname, she will always be related by blood to her natal family and by marriage with her husband's family.Emotions are exciting, but not the best way to approach a problem.

Confusion between nation and state will bring more disaster, or at least laughing stock, to our troubled country.Last year (1981) when the Asian Chinese Writers Conference was held in Taipei, Mr. Chen Jiying, who served as the chairman, actually asked the "overseas Chinese" writers attending the conference to sign a document of "loving the motherland". Writers from all over the world are almost overwhelming.I always emphasize that the Chinese must be distinguished from the Chinese, because we don't want to increase the difficulties of our fellow countrymen in other countries. We are ashamed of our inability to help them, but instead of harming them, what is our conscience?If the Burmese government lists Mr. Luo Xinghan who is a "Chinese" as persona non grata and deports him, or even deports all the resolute people who are "Chinese", it will be a terrible tragedy.