1 Mr Wu Mi is like nothing on earth: once seen, never forgotten. There are some people one has to be introduced to a hundred times, and on the hundredth and one time one has to be introduced again. Their faces are so ordinary; no mannerisms, no “anything”, just plain Jack, Tom and Harry. But Mr Wu ’s face is worth a fortune: it is peculiar to the point of caricature. A head shaped like a bomb, and just as suggestively explosive, gaunt wan in color, with hair threatening to break out all over the face, but always kept well within bounds by a clean shave every morning, rugged, with very prominent cheek-bones and sunken cheeks, and eyes which stare at one like glowing coals --- all this set on a neck too long by half, and a thin body, as strong and as little elastic as rod of steel. 吴宓先生可谓当今世上独一无二：你见过一面，就永世难忘。有些人即使被介绍过一百次后， 一百零一次见面时还需再介绍。他们的脸实在是太平凡了： 毫无个性可言，简直就是“一无所有”，仅仅是平常人张三、李四或王五罢了。而吴先生的相貌可谓是得天独厚： 奇绝得犹如一幅漫画。 他的脑袋型似一枚快要爆炸的炸弹，面容苍白、憔悴。胡须有蔓延全脸之势，但是每天造成都要刮得干干净净。他面容粗犷， 颧骨高起， 两颊深陷， 一双眼睛好似燃烧的炭火， 灼灼逼人。所有的这一切都安在一个过长的脖子上。他身材瘦高， 但同样强壮的像一根难以伸缩的钢棍。翻译日志当过北京大学英文系主任的温源宁， 1934 年有一篇著名文章《Mr Wu Mi ，a Scholar and a Gentleman》（吴宓先生，一位学者和君子），发表在《中国评论周报》的“亲切写真”栏目。劈头一句便是“Mr Wu Mi is like nothing on earth：once seen，never forgotten.”。吴宓 (1894-1978) ，陕西省泾阳县人。字雨僧、玉衡，笔名余生，中国现代著名西洋文学家、国学大师、诗人。国立东南大学(49 年更名南京大学 ) 文学院教授 (1926-1928) ，国立西南联合大学外文系教授，1941 年当选教育部部聘教授。清华大学国学院创办人之一，学贯中西，融通古...
