呼唤正义，呼唤良知---一位美国教授对潘伟平的控诉（详细材料二）# Returnee - 海归
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美国西肯塔基大学教授Richard Troutman致该校校长的两封信（分别发于2005年9月23
日和2011年1月13日）。朋友们，相信你们在读到这两封信时，不仅会为那些中国学者
“惨无人道”的遭遇同情、悲愤，更会像Troutman教授那样，为正义呼吁，为正义奋争
！ 因为我们都有人类共同的良知。
Richard Troutman教授的联系方式：Email: r**************[email protected]
第一封信（2005年9月23日，致西肯塔基大学校长）中文摘要：
“13年来，我和那些为潘伟平工作的中国大陆学者成为了亲密的朋友。多年来我一直知
道，他们长期超时工作。对此，我选择了‘听之任之’，因为我不想找麻烦。今天，我
为自己未能帮助那些无助的人们深感愧疚。他们无助，要么是因为文化原因，要么是恐
惧，担心引起潘的不满和报复。”
“我必须承认，我为那位煤炭研究主任（潘伟平）赤裸裸的剥削深感不安。同时我又不
愿意我的这种不安给他带来任何伤害。我不能这样做，因为这有悖于我的做人原则。我
只是真诚希望所有那些深陷困境的人（大陆学者）会得到同情和公正的对待。”
附原文(摘要)：
September 23, 2005
Dear Gary (President of Western Kentucky University),
For thirteen years now I have formed close relationships with the Mainland
Chinese who work for Dr. Pan. And for a number of years I have been aware of
the long hours worked by the visiting scholars, but I chose to look the
other way because I did not want to cause any problems. I am ashamed of
myself now for not doing anything to help those who could not help
themselves, either for cultural reasons, or because they were fearful of
what might happen to them if they incurred Dr. Pan’s displeasure.
I must confess that I am deeply upset with what I believe to be blatant
exploitation on the part of the director of the coal research program, but
at the same time I will not allow my personal feelings to result in a desire
to hurt him in any way. I simply cannot bring myself to do that. It would
fly in the face of every standard by which I profess to live. My concern is
focused on the visiting scholars and the need to ameliorate the conditions
of their employment. My fervent hope is that this situation can be resolved
with compassion and justice for everyone involved.
Yours sincerely,
Dick Troutman (Richard Troutman)
第二封信（2011年1月13日，致西肯塔基大学校长）中文摘要：
“让我真正不安的是，校长先生，他们（在潘伟平实验室工作的中国大陆学者）哭诉无
门，求助无路！那些美国公众看不到的，他们（在潘伟平实验室工作的中国大陆学者）
所承受的精神和肉体的折磨，日复一日，周复一周，月复一月，年复一年！如果这一切
发生在潘实验室工作的黑人身上，一定是轩然大波。可谁管中国人啊！！（原文两个感
叹号）。”
“校长先生，我恳求你为那些在潘实验室工作的中国人作点什么。”
“（自2005年秋学校制定“工作规范”以后）中国学者的工作条件更加可怕了。一位和
他们一起工作的美国人用这样的词来描述他们的处境：‘惨无人道。’”
“而我知道，美国其他的同类的实验室都没有这样虐待自己的员工。”
“校长先生，在我们前几天的面谈时，我引用了马丁·路德·金的话：‘（让我们）无
畏地为正义奋争’。为正义奋争也许会影响学校的收入，但可以避免我们的心灵受伤，
良知受损。”
“校长先生，我爱你，爱这所学校，这也是我愿意看到这一切在校内解决的原因之一。
再‘听之任之’真的太危险了！”
附原文（摘要）：
January 13, 2011
Dear Gary (President of Western Kentucky University),
What really concerns me, Gary, is that they have no one to whom they can
turn who will intercede for them, no one who can plead their cause. The
abuse, both physical and emotional, goes on day after day, week after week,
month after month, and year after year—all below the radar of public
awareness. If what the Chinese are subjected to was happening to blacks who
worked at ICEST, what a hue and cry there would be if it were exposed. But
who cares about the Chinese!! By the way, in one of the responses I got from
the Chinese 5 years ago, one of them expressly stated that they “were
basically treated as laborers if not slaves.”
Gary, I plead with you to do something to ameliorate the environment in
which the Chinese fine themselves at ICEST.
Conditions at the power plants are even more horrendous. One American who
worked with the Chinese on the road used the word “inhuman.” Other
companies such as Clean Air Engineering, Palatine, Illinois, and Saw
nvironmental, Knoxville, Tennessee, do not subject their employees to such
horrific schedules.
In our meeting I shared a Martin Luther King, Jr.’s quote with you which
started out with these words: “Never be afraid to do what is right.” Doing
what is right may mean less money coming in to the University, but it will
avoid the “wounds we inflict on our souls by looking the other way.”
Gary, I love you and I love this university and that is one reason why I
want to see the problems as ICEST handled in house rather than forced on WKU
from the outside with the attending bad publicity. There is too much at
stake here for us to “look the other way.”
Yours sincerely
Dick (Richard Troutman)
是的，身在海外的华人，胆小怕事、软弱可欺、明哲保身、孤立无援、一盘散沙。可是
，看到年迈的、与我们非亲非故的美国老人数年如一日地在为中国大陆学者孤独地抗争
的时候，难道我们不为自己的懦弱感到羞愧？难道我们就不能做点什么吗？哪怕是为自
己那仅存的一点作人的尊严！我们有义务、有责任，让中组部、让华北电力大学、让许
许多多被潘伟平欺骗的人知道真相。
谢谢，深深地感谢每一位支持我们的人，深深地感谢每一位支持Richard Troutman教授
的人！
日和2011年1月13日）。朋友们，相信你们在读到这两封信时，不仅会为那些中国学者
“惨无人道”的遭遇同情、悲愤，更会像Troutman教授那样，为正义呼吁，为正义奋争
！ 因为我们都有人类共同的良知。
Richard Troutman教授的联系方式：Email: r**************[email protected]
第一封信（2005年9月23日，致西肯塔基大学校长）中文摘要：
“13年来，我和那些为潘伟平工作的中国大陆学者成为了亲密的朋友。多年来我一直知
道，他们长期超时工作。对此，我选择了‘听之任之’，因为我不想找麻烦。今天，我
为自己未能帮助那些无助的人们深感愧疚。他们无助，要么是因为文化原因，要么是恐
惧，担心引起潘的不满和报复。”
“我必须承认，我为那位煤炭研究主任（潘伟平）赤裸裸的剥削深感不安。同时我又不
愿意我的这种不安给他带来任何伤害。我不能这样做，因为这有悖于我的做人原则。我
只是真诚希望所有那些深陷困境的人（大陆学者）会得到同情和公正的对待。”
附原文(摘要)：
September 23, 2005
Dear Gary (President of Western Kentucky University),
For thirteen years now I have formed close relationships with the Mainland
Chinese who work for Dr. Pan. And for a number of years I have been aware of
the long hours worked by the visiting scholars, but I chose to look the
other way because I did not want to cause any problems. I am ashamed of
myself now for not doing anything to help those who could not help
themselves, either for cultural reasons, or because they were fearful of
what might happen to them if they incurred Dr. Pan’s displeasure.
I must confess that I am deeply upset with what I believe to be blatant
exploitation on the part of the director of the coal research program, but
at the same time I will not allow my personal feelings to result in a desire
to hurt him in any way. I simply cannot bring myself to do that. It would
fly in the face of every standard by which I profess to live. My concern is
focused on the visiting scholars and the need to ameliorate the conditions
of their employment. My fervent hope is that this situation can be resolved
with compassion and justice for everyone involved.
Yours sincerely,
Dick Troutman (Richard Troutman)
第二封信（2011年1月13日，致西肯塔基大学校长）中文摘要：
“让我真正不安的是，校长先生，他们（在潘伟平实验室工作的中国大陆学者）哭诉无
门，求助无路！那些美国公众看不到的，他们（在潘伟平实验室工作的中国大陆学者）
所承受的精神和肉体的折磨，日复一日，周复一周，月复一月，年复一年！如果这一切
发生在潘实验室工作的黑人身上，一定是轩然大波。可谁管中国人啊！！（原文两个感
叹号）。”
“校长先生，我恳求你为那些在潘实验室工作的中国人作点什么。”
“（自2005年秋学校制定“工作规范”以后）中国学者的工作条件更加可怕了。一位和
他们一起工作的美国人用这样的词来描述他们的处境：‘惨无人道。’”
“而我知道，美国其他的同类的实验室都没有这样虐待自己的员工。”
“校长先生，在我们前几天的面谈时，我引用了马丁·路德·金的话：‘（让我们）无
畏地为正义奋争’。为正义奋争也许会影响学校的收入，但可以避免我们的心灵受伤，
良知受损。”
“校长先生，我爱你，爱这所学校，这也是我愿意看到这一切在校内解决的原因之一。
再‘听之任之’真的太危险了！”
附原文（摘要）：
January 13, 2011
Dear Gary (President of Western Kentucky University),
What really concerns me, Gary, is that they have no one to whom they can
turn who will intercede for them, no one who can plead their cause. The
abuse, both physical and emotional, goes on day after day, week after week,
month after month, and year after year—all below the radar of public
awareness. If what the Chinese are subjected to was happening to blacks who
worked at ICEST, what a hue and cry there would be if it were exposed. But
who cares about the Chinese!! By the way, in one of the responses I got from
the Chinese 5 years ago, one of them expressly stated that they “were
basically treated as laborers if not slaves.”
Gary, I plead with you to do something to ameliorate the environment in
which the Chinese fine themselves at ICEST.
Conditions at the power plants are even more horrendous. One American who
worked with the Chinese on the road used the word “inhuman.” Other
companies such as Clean Air Engineering, Palatine, Illinois, and Saw
nvironmental, Knoxville, Tennessee, do not subject their employees to such
horrific schedules.
In our meeting I shared a Martin Luther King, Jr.’s quote with you which
started out with these words: “Never be afraid to do what is right.” Doing
what is right may mean less money coming in to the University, but it will
avoid the “wounds we inflict on our souls by looking the other way.”
Gary, I love you and I love this university and that is one reason why I
want to see the problems as ICEST handled in house rather than forced on WKU
from the outside with the attending bad publicity. There is too much at
stake here for us to “look the other way.”
Yours sincerely
Dick (Richard Troutman)
是的，身在海外的华人，胆小怕事、软弱可欺、明哲保身、孤立无援、一盘散沙。可是
，看到年迈的、与我们非亲非故的美国老人数年如一日地在为中国大陆学者孤独地抗争
的时候，难道我们不为自己的懦弱感到羞愧？难道我们就不能做点什么吗？哪怕是为自
己那仅存的一点作人的尊严！我们有义务、有责任，让中组部、让华北电力大学、让许
许多多被潘伟平欺骗的人知道真相。
谢谢，深深地感谢每一位支持我们的人，深深地感谢每一位支持Richard Troutman教授
的人！