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秦桧之后 为何再无跪像？
作者/来源辛不苦
最近听说有人倡议在秦桧旁边再建一个跪像，吓得手里的茶碗都掉地上了。
这些坏人真是太坏了，利用了爱国青年的单纯和热情，施行他们不可告人的险恶目的。
秦桧跪像应不应该立，相信大多数人的答案都是资瓷的。
如果要评选遗臭万年冠军，古往今来的卖国贼都会在秦桧面前自惭形桧，拱手道，秦老请了，我等自愧不如。
秦桧后人在秦桧墓前口占一联让人感慨——人从宋后羞名桧，我到坟前愧姓秦。
姓秦其实没什么可羞愧的，是秦桧愧对祖先姓氏，而不是相反。
倒是从秦桧以后，给孩子取名桧的真不多，千百年来，中国人有意无意把这个字打入了冷宫，成为专用名词。
但还是有一个问题，为什么秦桧之后再没有跪像？
秦桧生活的宋代距今约一千年，秦桧跪像建于明朝距今大概五百多年，难道千百年来秦桧的卖国行为无人匹敌吗？
往近了说，大家比较熟悉的，吴三桂首先就表示不服。老乌龟（鹿鼎公语）投降满清，带铁骑横扫关内，杀了无数汉人，打下整个江山拱手送给金兀术的后人，亲手把末代明帝勒死……多亏了他们，几十万人口的后金才能征服上亿人口的中华。这不比秦桧那个嘴炮文臣更厉害？后世为啥不给他立跪像？
汪精卫不说话，微微一笑已倾城。他的事迹大家比较熟悉，就不展开讲了。抗战胜利后，汪的墓地被炸开挫骨扬灰。但为啥不给他立跪像？
再上溯到千年，堪比秦桧的卖国贼也能抓出一大把，为什么他们都没有跪像？难道这一千年的皇帝傻吗？除了秦桧他们谁也不认吗？
恰恰相反，是皇帝都回过味儿来了，给秦桧立跪像已经是个错误，再犯错是不可能的了。
秦桧的跪像，让百姓永远记住了秦桧，记住了岳飞，同时也永远记住了当时的赵家老大，宋高宗赵构。
人们在唾骂秦桧的同时，心里都清楚，罗织罪名的是秦桧，杀死岳飞的是皇帝。
秦桧只不过是一条狗，放他咬人的皇帝才是元凶，只是老百姓不敢建皇帝的跪像而已。
千百年来，老百姓嘴里骂的是秦桧，但心里骂的还有皇帝。
明代文征明给岳飞扫墓，一曲满江红点破了这个千古哑谜。
拂拭残碑，敕飞字，依稀堪读。慨当初，倚飞何重，后来何酷。岂是功成身合死，可怜事去言难赎。最无辜，堪恨更堪悲，风波狱。岂不念，疆圻蹙；岂不念，徽钦辱，念徽钦既返，此身何属。千载休谈南渡错，当时自怕中原复。笑区区、一桧亦何能，逢其欲。
最后一句是点睛之笔。
笑区区、一桧亦何能，逢其欲。可笑一个秦桧有啥本事搞死岳飞啊，只是迎合了狗皇帝的想法罢了。
秦桧像跪在那里，其实是代表赵构跪在那里，也代表着那个羸弱挨打的时代跪在那里。而且一跪永远，千古流传。
秦桧的出现，既需要他个人的卖国努力，也需要特定的历史条件、和特定的宋高宗。
哪个朝代的统治者如果不怕当赵构、敢于承认自己的时代羸弱、愿意陪同秦桧“千古流芳”，才会允许再建一个跪像。
所以一个伟大的时代是不可能在秦桧旁边建跪像的，如果要建只有两种可能，要么是时代不够伟大，要么是提议者居心叵测搞阴谋。
当今四海承平，河清海晏，国泰民安，江山巩固。四个自信没有一个自信会允许在秦桧旁边建一个陪跪的塑像。
那么结论只能是提议者居心叵测，路边捡到一顶帽子奉上，“秦桧跪像旁加陪跪”是卖国贼的阴谋。
这是典型的低级红高级黑，是给敌对势力递刀子：全世界快来看，我们这又出了个秦桧了。
利用跪像搞辱华，是一个新发明。
有司当警惕，像这样被西方敌对势力收买而鼓噪新建跪像的行为，实则为阳奉阴违、公器私用，是不择手段为个人造势，品行恶劣诬陷好人，是十八大后不思收手还变本加厉的卖国贼两面派。为钱思跪还有谁。
不赶紧把垃圾收拾了，还留着过五一吗？
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由方方之围想起鲁迅的话……作者：释老毛 来源：毛有话说
这大概是疫后最无耻之事，南京的羞耻，中国的羞耻，人类文明的羞耻。
艺术圈震惊，稍微有点逼脸的都坐不住了，南京艺术家破天荒发出联合声明。
南京乃六朝金粉之地，江南形胜，才子云集，文化底蕴深厚，有耻文人实在不堪忍受，被迫发出了不共戴天的怒吼。
于是，方方之围的斗争重心发生转移，从围殴方方转向攻击方方的支持者，杀一儆百，寒蝉效应。这招兵法上叫“围点打援”，是红军名将林彪的经典战术，百战不殆，屡试不爽。
南京吕教授因仗义直言遭受网络暴力，小粉红降维攻击。
更有甚者，湖北的梁教授可能因言获罪，连一贯还要点体面的《新民周刊》都加入文化围剿的队伍。
不久，《新民周刊》旋即发出了一条微妙而委婉的消息，是表白？是无奈？是解释？唉，一声叹息吧！
这一切，拉美小说里经常出现，没想到亲眼见证，真是魔幻现实主义！
文化围剿，一百年前国统区发生过，大小报章鼓噪唇舌，一名孤独的老人傲立于黑暗之中，风雨如晦，鸡鸣不已，“两间余一卒，荷戟独彷徨”。
我不由得想到了他。
从小不喜欢鲁迅，因为鲁迅的课文晦涩难懂，文白不通，而且动不动就要求背诵全文，令人气愤难平。
鲁迅太多负能量，一边赚民国的钱，一边骂民国政府，典型的吃饭砸锅；
鲁迅一边拼命骂中国人，一边跟日本人交朋友，动不动就躲到日本书店避难，有“汉奸”之嫌；
鲁迅又爱抽烟，又爱喝绍兴黄酒，还爱与进步女文青混在一起，如萧红、许广平，和弟媳也闹“家务事”，生活作风存疑，令人妒忌。
但疫情和疫后的世界，让我们重新发现了鲁迅，发现鲁迅的深刻和刚毅，鲁迅的几段话对众生相鞭辟入里。
我现在倒希望，中学课本里可以保留几篇鲁迅文章，否则我们的下一代未来面对社会黑暗面时，还会有一点勇气和骨气吗？
中国人的不敢正视各方面，用瞒和骗，造出奇妙的逃路来，而自以为正路。在这路上，就证明着国民性的怯弱，懒惰而又巧滑。一天一天的满足，即一天一天的堕落，但却又觉得日见其光荣。在事实上，亡国一次，即添加几个殉难的忠臣，后来每不想光复旧物，而只去赞美那几个忠臣；遭劫一次，即造成一群不辱的烈女，事过之后，也每每不思惩凶，自卫，却只顾歌咏那一群烈女。
——《论睁了眼看》一九二五年
可惜中国人但对于羊显凶兽相，而对于凶兽则显羊相，所以即使显凶兽相，也还是卑怯的国民。这样下去，一定要完结的。……我想，要中国得救，也不必添甚么东西进去，只要青年们将这两种性质的古传用法，反过来一用就够了；对手如凶兽时就如凶兽，对手如羊时就如羊！
——《忽然想到.七》一九二五年
暴君治下的臣民，大抵比暴君更暴；暴君的暴政，时常不能餍足暴君治下的臣民的欲望。……暴君的臣民，只愿暴政暴在他人的头上，他却看着高兴，拿残酷做娱乐，拿他人的苦做赏玩，做慰安。……他自己的本领只是幸免。从幸免里又选出牺牲，供给暴君治下的臣民的渴血的欲望，但谁也不明白，死的说啊呀，活的高兴着。
——《暴君的臣民》一九一九年
自然，中国历来的文坛上，常见的是诬陷，造谣，恐吓，辱骂，翻一翻大部的历史，就往往可以遇见这样的文章，直到现在，还在应用，而且更加厉害。但我想，这一份遗产，还是都让给叭儿狗文艺家去承受罢，我们的作者倘不竭力的抛弃了它，是会和他们成为“一丘之貉”的。
——《辱骂和恐吓决不是战斗》一九三二年
惨象已使我目不忍视了；流言尤使我耳不忍闻。我还有什么话可说呢。我懂得衰亡民族之所以默无声息的缘由了。沉默呵，沉默呵，不在沉默中爆发，就在沉默中灭亡。
——《记念刘和珍君》一九二六年
好的文艺作品，向来多是不受别人命令，不顾利害自然而然地从心中流露的东西。如果先挂起一个题目，做起文章来，那又何异于八股。
——《革命时代的文学》一九二七年
然而有缺点的战士终竟是战士。完美的苍蝇终竟不过是苍蝇
——《战士和苍蝇》一九二五年
50. All you can do is to try your best. Even with those small steps, you're closer to your goal than you were yesterday. 我们能做的只是拼尽全力，即使迈出的步子再小，也比昨天要更接近自己的目标。51. A smile is the shortest distance between two people. 微笑是人与人之间最短的距离。52. Do or do not. There is no try. 要么做，要么滚！没有试试看这一说。53. Courage is being afraid but going on anyhow. 勇气就是虽感恐惧，但仍会前行。54. A man can be destroyed but not defeated. 人可以被毁灭，但不可以被打败。55. A truly happy person is one who can enjoy the scenery while on a detour. 真正快乐的人是那种在走弯路时也不忘享受风景的人。56. No dream is too big, and no dreamer is too small. 梦想再大也不嫌大，追梦的人再小也不嫌小。57. It doesn't matter how many times you fail. What matters is how many times you stand up and try again. 失败多少次不重要，重要的是你能重新站起来多少次，并且继续前行。58. Silence is the most powerful cry. 沉默是最有力的呐喊。《美丽人生》 59. A little consideration, a little thought for others makes all the difference. 一点点体贴，一点点为他人着想，会让一切都不一样。60. Stop waiting for things to happen.Go out and make them happen. 别指望事情会自然发生，行动起来，让它们变成可能！61. Don't look forward to tomorrow, don't miss yesterday, to grasp today. 不憧憬明天，不留念昨天，只把握今天。62. Now we don't call it alive. It's just not to die. 我们现在不叫活着，这只是没有死去。《疯狂原始人》 63. You can change your life if you want to. Sometimes you have to be hard on yourself, but you can change it completely. 有志者事竟成。有时虽劳其筋骨，但命运可以彻底改变。《唐顿庄园》 64. Time will bring a surprise, if you believe. 时间会带来惊喜，如果你相信的话。《浮生物语》 65. What others think is not important . How you feel about yourself is all that matters. 别人怎么想并不重要，你怎么看自己才是关键。66. Don't cry because it is over,smile because it happened. 不要因为结束而哭泣，微笑吧，因为你曾经拥有。67. Tomorrow is never clear. Our time is here. 明天是未知的，我们还是享受此刻吧！《摇滚夏令营》 68. Life is either a daring adventure or nothing at all. 生活要么大胆尝试，要么什么都不是。69. Pursue excellence and success will follow. 追求卓越，成功自然来。《三傻大闹宝莱坞》 70. Climb mountains not so the world can see you, but so you can see the world. 爬上山顶并不是为了让全世界看到你，而是让你看到整个世界。71. Every step towards your dream today is a step away from your regret tomorrow. 今日为梦想所付出的每一份努力都会减少明日的一份后悔。72. It's never too late to be what you might have been. 勇敢做自己，永远都不迟。（乔治·艾略特） 73. It's time to start living the life you've imagined. 是时候开始过自己想要的生活了！95. How can men succumb to force? 男人怎么能屈服于“武力”之下？《海贼王》 96. Life is like live TV show. There is no rehearsal. 人生没有彩排，只有现场直播。97. Dress shabbily and they remember the dress; dress impeccably and they remember the woman. 穿着破旧，人们记住衣服；穿着无瑕，人们则记住衣服里的女人。(Coco Chanel) 98. Hope is a good thing, maybe the best of things. And no good thing ever dies. 希望是一件好事，也许是人间至善，而美好的事永不消逝。《肖申克的救赎》 99. There are so many beautiful reasons to be happy. 有太多太多美好的理由让你笑对生活。100. Where the more different you are, the better. 你们之间越是不同，越好。(Glee) 101. I'm only brave when I have to be. Being brave doesn't mean you go looking for trouble. 我只在必要时才勇敢，勇敢并不代表你要到处闯祸。《狮子王》 102. Behind every successful man there's a lot of unsuccessful years. 每个牛B的成功者都经历过苦B的岁月。(鲍博.布朗) 103. If you want something done, do it yourself. 靠谁都不如靠自己。《第五元素》 104. Life is a wonderful journey. Make it your journey and not someone else's. 生命是一段精彩旅程，要活的有自己的样子，而不是别人的影子。105. No matter how many mistakes you make or how slowly you progress, you are already ahead of those who never tried. 无论你犯了多少错，或者进步得有多慢，你都走在了那些不曾尝试的人的前面。106. Some things are so important that they force us to overcome our fears. 总有些更重要的事情，赋予我们打败恐惧的勇气。107. Say to yourself: "No matter how many obstacles I encounter in life, I will do all that I can to complete the whole course." 请对自己说：无论生活之路上会遇到多少障碍，我会竭尽所能地跑完这一程。108. No cross, no crown. 不经历风雨，怎么见彩虹。109. Try not to become a man of success but rather try to become a man of value. 与其努力成功，不如努力成为有价值的人。(爱因斯坦) 110. Remember when life's path is steep to keep your mind even. 记住：当人生很苦逼的时候，你要保持淡定。111. If you're brave enough to say GOODBYE, life will reward you with a new HELLO. 只要你勇敢地说出再见，生活一定会给你一个新的开始。112. Sometimes the right path is not the easiest one. 对的那条路，往往不是最好走的。113. Just trust yourself, then you will know how to live. 只要相信自己，你就会懂得如何去生活。114. In life it's not where you go. It's who you travel with. 生命中，重要的不是你去哪里，而是与谁同行。115. Life is like a rainbow. You don't always know what's on the other side, but you know it's there. 生活像一道彩虹，你不知道另一端通向哪里，但你会知道，它总是在那里。116. When the world says,"Give up!"Hope whispers,"Try it one more time." 当全世界都在说“放弃”的时候，希望却在耳边轻轻地说：“再试一次吧”！117. I don't care about other questions and I just try to be myself. 我不在乎别人的质疑，我只会做好自己。118. Attempt doesn't necessarily bring success, but giving up definitely leads to failure. 努力不一定成功，但放弃一定失败！119. The best preparation for tomorrow is doing your best today. 对明天最好的准备就是今天做到最好。120. You are already naked. There is no reason not to follow your heart. 你已经一无所有，没有什么道理不顺心而为。(乔布斯) 121. Life is a journey, one that is much better traveled with a companion by our side. 人生是一场旅程，我们最好结伴同行。122. Sometimes you have to fall before you can fly. 有时候，你得先跌下去，才能飞起来。123. If you are able to appreciate beauty in the ordinary, your life will be more vibrant. 如果你擅于欣赏平凡中的美好，你的生活会更加多姿多彩。124. Be who you are, and never ever apologize for that! 坚持做自己，并永远不要为此而后悔！125. Consider the bad times as down payment for the good times. Hang in there. 把苦日子当做好日子的首付，坚持就是胜利！126. Do not pray for easy lives, pray to be stronger. 与其祈求生活平淡点，还不如祈求自己强大点。127. Everybody can fly without wings when they hold on to their dreams. 坚持自己的梦想，即使没有翅膀也能飞翔。128. There is no such thing as a great talent without great will power. 没有伟大的意志力，便没有雄才大略。129. You can't change your situation. The only thing that you can change is how you choose to deal with it. 境遇难以改变，你能改变的唯有面对它时的态度。130. Whatever is worth doing at all is worth doing well. 凡是值得做的事，就值得做好。131. Perfection is not just about control.It's also about letting go. 完美不仅在于控制，也在于释放。《黑天鹅》 132. Dream is what makes you happy, even when you are just trying. 梦想就是一种让你感到坚持就是幸福的东西。133. Never frown,because you never know who is falling in love with your smile. 别愁眉不展，因为你不知道谁会爱上你的笑容。134. It's easy once you know how. 一旦你明白，就会很简单。135. In order to be irreplaceable, one must always be different. 要做到不可替代，就要与众不同。136. I honestly think it is better to be a failure at something you love than to be a success at something you hate. 宁愿失败地做你爱做的事情，也不要成功地做你恨做的事情。(George Burns) 137. Don't hide. Run! You'll make it to tomorrow. 别躲避，奔跑吧，你就会找到明天。138. Life comes with many challenges.The ones that should not scare us are the ones we can take on and take control of. 生活充满了挑战，唯有勇敢面对并自我掌控，我们才能克服恐惧。(安吉丽娜·朱莉) 139. Life doesn't just happen to you; you receive everything in your life based on what you've given. 一切发生在你身上的都不是碰巧。你获得什么，在于你付出了什么。140.You are more beautiful than you think. 你，要比你想象的更美丽。141. Throughout life's complications, you should maintain such a sense of elegance. 不管生活有多不容易，你都要守住自己的那一份优雅。142. When you feel like giving up, remember why you held on so long in the first place. 每当你想要放弃的时候，就想想是为了什么才一路坚持到现在。143. Enjoy your youth.You'll never be younger than you are at this very moment. 好好享受青春，你再也不会有哪个时刻会比此时更年轻了。144. You'd better bring, cause I'll bring every I've got it. 你最好全神贯注，因为我定会全力以赴！145. Take time to enjoy the simple things in life. 慢慢享受生活中的简单。146. As long as you are still alive, you will definitely encounter the good things in life. 只要活着就一定会遇上好事。147. Hold on, it gets better than you know. 挺住，事情会比你想像中要好！148. If you are fine,the sun will always shine. 你若安好，便是晴天。149. What doesn't kill you makes you stronger. 磨难会让你更强大。150. Every life deserves our respect. 每一个生命都应该被尊重。151. The best feeling in the world is when you know your heart is smiling. 世间最美好的感受，就是发现自己的心在笑。152. Don't ever underestimate the heart of a champion. 永远不要低估一颗冠军的心。(Rudy Tomjanovich) 153. There is nothing permanent except change. 唯一不变的是变化。154. The difference between successful persons and others is that they really act. 成功者和其他人最大的区别就是，他们真正动手去做了。155. Don't follow the crowd, let the crowd follow you. 不要随波逐流，要引领潮流。(Margaret Thatcher) 156. People pay in advance for a coffee meant for someone who cannot afford a warm beverage. 人们提前买咖啡，让付不起的人享受温暖。157. No one is born a genius.Just keep on doing what you like and that itself is a talent. 哪有什么天才！坚持做你喜欢的事情，这本身就是一种天赋。(大野智) 158. The world is a book, and those who do not travel read only one page. 世界是一本书，不旅行的人只读了其中一页。159. You can create something more glorious than the championship. 你可以创造比冠军更荣耀的事。160. You never get a second chance to make a first impression. 永远没有第二次机会，给人留下第一印象。161. You can always be a worse version of "him", or better version of yourself. 你不是要做一个单纯优秀的人，而是要做一个不可替代的人。162. Give every day the chance to become the most beautiful day of your life. 让每一天都有机会成为你人生中最美好的一天。163. Honesty is the best policy. 做人以诚信为本。164. To a crazy ship all winds are contrary. 对于一只漫无目标的船而言，任何方向的风都是逆风。165. The outer world you see is a reflection of your inner self. 你看到什么样的世界，你就拥有什么样的内心。166. Strike while the iron is hot. 趁热打铁。167. Knowing what you cannot do is far more important than knowing what you are capable of. 知道自己不能做什么远比知道自己能做什么重要。168. People cry, not because they're weak. It's because they've been strong for too long. 哭泣，不代表脆弱，只因坚强了太久。169. Don't let yesterday use up too much of today. 别留念昨天了，把握好今天吧。(Will Rogers) 170. If you are not brave enough, no one will back you up. 你不勇敢，没人替你坚强。171. If you don't build your dream, someone will hire you to build theirs. 如果你没有梦想，那么你只能为别人的梦想打工。172. Beauty is all around, if you just open your heart to see. 只要你给自己机会，你会发现你的世界可以很美丽。173. The difference in winning and losing is most often...not quitting. 赢与输的差别通常是--不放弃。(华特·迪士尼) 174. I am ordinary yet unique. 我很平凡，但我独一无二。175. I like people who make me laugh in spite of myself. 我喜欢那些让我笑起来的人，就算是我不想笑的时候。176. Image a new story for your life and start living it. 为你的生命想一个全新剧本，并去倾情出演吧！177. I'd rather be a happy fool than a sad sage. 做个悲伤的智者，不如做个开心的傻子。178. The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams. 未来属于那些相信梦想之美的人。(埃莉诺·罗斯福) 179. Even if you get no applause, you should accept a curtain call gracefully and appreciate your own efforts. 即使没有人为你鼓掌，也要优雅的谢幕，感谢自己的认真付出。180. Don't let dream just be your dream. 别让梦想只停留在梦里。181. A day without laughter is a day wasted. 没有笑声的一天是浪费了的一天。(卓别林) 182. Travel and see the world; afterwards, you will be able to put your concerns in perspective. 去旅行吧，见的世面多了，你会发现原来在意的那些结根本算不了什么。183. The key to acquiring proficiency in any task is repetition. 任何事情成功关键都是熟能生巧。《生活大爆炸》 184. You can be happy no matter what. 开心一点吧，管它会怎样。185. A good plan today is better than a perfect plan tomorrow. 今天的好计划胜过明天的完美计划。186. Nothing is impossible, the word itself says 'I'm possible'! 一切皆有可能！“不可能”的意思是：“不，可能。”(奥黛丽·赫本) 187. Life isn't fair, but no matter your circumstances, you have to give it your all. 生活是不公平的，不管你的境遇如何，你只能全力以赴。188. No matter how hard it is, just keep going because you only fail when you give up. 无论多么艰难，都要继续前进，因为只有你放弃的那一刻，你才输了。189. It requires hard work to give off an appearance of effortlessness. 你必须十分努力，才能看起来毫不费力。190. Life is like riding a bicycle.To keep your balance,you must keep moving. 人生就像骑单车，只有不断前进，才能保持平衡。(爱因斯坦) 191. Be thankful for what you have.You'll end up having more. 拥有一颗感恩的心，最终你会得到更多。192. Beauty is how you feel inside, and it reflects in your eyes. 美是一种内心的感觉，并反映在你的眼睛里。(索菲亚·罗兰) 193. Friendship doubles your joys, and divides your sorrows. 朋友的作用，就是让你快乐加倍，痛苦减半。194. When you long for something sincerely, the whole world will help you. 当你真心渴望某样东西时，整个宇宙都会来帮忙。 When Paul Jobs was mustered out of the Coast Guard after World War II, he made a wager with his crewmates. They had arrived in San Francisco, where their ship was decommissioned, and Paul bet that he would find himself a wife within two weeks. He was a taut, tattooed engine mechanic, six feet tall, with a passing resemblance to James Dean. But it wasn’t his looks that got him a date with Clara Hagopian, a sweet-humored daughter of Armenian immigrants. It was the fact that he and his friends had a car, unlike the group she had originally planned to go out with that evening. Ten days later, in March 1946, Paul got engaged to Clara and won his wager. It would turn out to be a happy marriage, one that lasted until death parted them more than forty years later. Paul Reinhold Jobs had been raised on a dairy farm in Germantown, Wisconsin. Even though his father was an alcoholic and sometimes abusive, Paul ended up with a gentle and calm disposition under his leathery exterior. After dropping out of high school, he wandered through the Midwest picking up work as a mechanic until, at age nineteen, he joined the Coast Guard, even though he didn’t know how to swim. He was deployed on the USS General M. C. Meigs and spent much of the war ferrying troops to Italy for General Patton. His talent as a machinist and fireman earned him commendations, but he occasionally found himself in minor trouble and never rose above the rank of seaman. Clara was born in New Jersey, where her parents had landed after fleeing the Turks in Armenia, and they moved to the Mission District of San Francisco when she was a child. She had a secret that she rarely mentioned to anyone: She had been married before, but her husband had been killed in the war. So when she met Paul Jobs on that first date, she was primed to start a new life. Like many who lived through the war, they had experienced enough excitement that, when it was over, they desired simply to settle down, raise a family, and lead a less eventful life. They had little money, so they moved to Wisconsin and lived with Paul’s parents for a few years, then headed for Indiana, where he got a job as a machinist for International Harvester. His passion was tinkering with old cars, and he made money in his spare time buying, restoring, and selling them. Eventually he quit his day job to become a full-time used car salesman. Clara, however, loved San Francisco, and in 1952 she convinced her husband to move back there. They got an apartment in the Sunset District facing the Pacific, just south of Golden Gate Park, and he took a job working for a finance company as a “repo man,” picking the locks of cars whose owners hadn’t paid their loans and repossessing them. He also bought, repaired, and sold some of the cars, making a decent enough living in the process. There was, however, something missing in their lives. They wanted children, but Clara had suffered an ectopic pregnancy, in which the fertilized egg was implanted in a fallopian tube rather than the uterus, and she had been unable to have any. So by 1955, after nine years of marriage, they were looking to adopt a child. Like Paul Jobs, Joanne Schieble was from a rural Wisconsin family of German heritage. Her father, Arthur Schieble, had immigrated to the outskirts of Green Bay, where he and his wife owned a mink farm and dabbled successfully in various other businesses, including real estate and photoengraving. He was very strict, especially regarding his daughter’s relationships, and he had strongly disapproved of her first love, an artist who was not a Catholic. Thus it was no surprise that he threatened to cut Joanne off completely when, as a graduate student at the University of Wisconsin, she fell in love with Abdulfattah “John” Jandali, a Muslim teaching assistant from Syria. Jandali was the youngest of nine children in a prominent Syrian family. His father owned oil refineries and multiple other businesses, with large holdings in Damascus and Homs, and at one point pretty much controlled the price of wheat in the region. His mother, he later said, was a “traditional Muslim woman” who was a “conservative, obedient housewife.” Like the Schieble family, the Jandalis put a premium on education. Abdulfattah was sent to a Jesuit boarding school, even though he was Muslim, and he got an undergraduate degree at the American University in Beirut before entering the University of Wisconsin to pursue a doctoral degree in political science. In the summer of 1954, Joanne went with Abdulfattah to Syria. They spent two months in Homs, where she learned from his family to cook Syrian dishes. When they returned to Wisconsin she discovered that she was pregnant. They were both twenty-three, but they decided not to get married. Her father was dying at the time, and he had threatened to disown her if she wed Abdulfattah. Nor was abortion an easy option in a small Catholic community. So in early 1955, Joanne traveled to San Francisco, where she was taken into the care of a kindly doctor who sheltered unwed mothers, delivered their babies, and quietly arranged closed adoptions. Joanne had one requirement: Her child must be adopted by college graduates. So the doctor arranged for the baby to be placed with a lawyer and his wife. But when a boy was born—on February 24, 1955—the designated couple decided that they wanted a girl and backed out. Thus it was that the boy became the son not of a lawyer but of a high school dropout with a passion for mechanics and his salt-of-the-earth wife who was working as a bookkeeper. Paul and Clara named their new baby Steven Paul Jobs. When Joanne found out that her baby had been placed with a couple who had not even graduated from high school, she refused to sign the adoption papers. The standoff lasted weeks, even after the baby had settled into the Jobs household. Eventually Joanne relented, with the stipulation that the couple promise—indeed sign a pledge—to fund a savings account to pay for the boy’s college education. There was another reason that Joanne was balky about signing the adoption papers. Her father was about to die, and she planned to marry Jandali soon after. She held out hope, she would later来源：小兵说天下