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宋美龄，在历史的风云际会中光芒四射、瑕瑜互见。她有与生俱来的聪明、美丽与手腕，加上孔宋家族的强力支援与美国背景，使她在权力、财力与魅力的交织中，成为中国近代百年史上最有争议与影响的女人。

宋美龄兼具中国古典气质和西方优雅风度，而又带有犀利、精明的作风，使西方人如醉如痴、又爱又恨。罗斯福、威尔基、陈纳德、马歇尔、麦克阿瑟、鲁斯都对蒋夫人有着错综复杂、莫可名状的情结。蒋介石的抗日、“剿共”和保卫台湾，处处需要美国的助力，而宋美龄就是他获取美国物资援助与道义支持的最大本钱。

“就是她！就是她！”让美国人如醉如痴的仪态与讲演

宋美龄在外交舞台上的最大表现，是１９４３年“征服”美国的访问。

１９４３年２月１７日，宋美龄一行赴美后自海德公园搭乘火车于下午５时１０分抵达华府联合车站，车站内外万头攒动，挤满欢迎人潮。白宫以国宾之礼欢迎蒋夫人，２月１８日，可说是她生命史上的一大日子，她要在众议院发表一篇相当重要的演说。她必须把中国人民奋力抗战的情况，生动地介绍给美国国会和美国人民，以唤起美国朝野对中国的同情与更进一步的支持。此外，她个人的形象和声望，端看她在国会山庄的表现。

罗斯福夫人陪同宋美龄至国会，议员席和旁听席座无虚席，她向鼓掌欢迎的参议员微笑颔首。宋美龄原仅计划向众议院发表演说，抵华府前始接获副总统兼参院议长华莱士之邀向参议院“说几句话”。宋美龄一开始即说：“余本非善于致辞之演说家，其实余并非演说家；然余亦非绝无勇气。盖数日前，余在海德公园时，曾参观总统之图书室，其中所见，其最令余发生兴趣者，即玻璃窗内有一总统一篇演词之初稿，第二次稿，直至第六次稿。昨日偶与总统提及此事，谓知名而公认为优良之演说家如阁下者，其演说草稿之次数，尚须如此之多，殊使余有以自慰。总统答称，彼演说词草稿有多至十二次者。准次而论，余今日在此临时发言，诸君当能谅我。”这段开场白获得了如雷掌声。

宋美龄在参院的演说，举出了美国飞行员杜立德上校１９４２年４月率队轰炸日本后，数名飞行员在回航时降落我国山区获中国人民的热烈欢迎，如同回家。她说：“余在贵国度过余身心长育之时期。余操诸君之语言，不但操诸君内心之语言，且操诸君口头之语言。故今兹来此，亦有如见家人之感。”

宋美龄的演讲不时被掌声打断，有时会有近五分钟的掌声。她在结语中的一句话，获得了满堂彩，她斩钉截铁地说：“我中国人民根据五年又半之经验，确信光明正大之甘冒失败，较诸卑鄙可耻之接受失败，更为明智。”众院议事厅爆出了历久不歇的掌声，一位议员说他从来没有见过这样的场面，宋美龄差点让他掉下眼泪。

一位住在新泽西州东奥伦奇市的家庭主妇，寄了一张三块钱的汇票和一张上海难童在火车站哭泣的剪报至白宫，要求代为转给宋美龄。这位美国太太说：“三块钱汇票是我的三个女儿合送给那位在火车站哭泣的小朋友。”这是宋美龄的国会演说经由收音机转播全美，打动千千万万美国人心田的最佳证明。每天有数百封来自全美各地的信件寄至白宫，收件人是宋美龄。《华盛顿邮报》一位名记者写道：“她所要的是什么？是为了整个地球上的人类。”

在国会演讲后的第二天，影响力并不亚于国会演讲的记者会在白宫总统椭圆形办公室举行，１７２名记者挤满了办公室，争睹“亚洲第一夫人”的风采。在记者会上，宋美龄坐中间，罗斯福在右，罗斯福夫人居左。《时代》周刊说，宋美龄有如初次登台演出的少女一样，总统一直在抽烟，总统夫人的一只手放在宋美龄的椅子上，状似护卫着她。主持过数以千计记者会的罗斯福像个纵容的叔叔介绍他美丽的侄女，他说“蒋夫人是个与众不同的特使”，他要求记者不要问难以回答的问题。

穿着一袭黑色旗袍，胸前别了一支中国空军军徽的宋美龄，一开口就不同凡响。她说，她在中国战场访问过前线无数次，不知惧怕为何物，但此刻看到记者的笔不停地挥动，心里面不知道是怕还是不怕，“然而，我看到你们的脸上都闪烁着笑容，我感觉到我是你们的朋友……”，记者热烈鼓掌。尽管如此，美国记者们开门见山就提出一系列尖锐问题，有个记者问她：听说中国并没有充分运用其人力？脸上露出不悦之色的宋美龄，提高声调回答说，中国在人力上已尽全力，但缺少军火，中国不缺训练有素的飞行员，但没有足够的飞机和汽油。一个记者马上追问：中国如何获得军火？宋美龄很技巧地把难题推给罗斯福，她恭恭敬敬地转向罗斯福说道，总统解决过许多重要问题，度过许多危机，最好由总统来回答这个问题。记者微笑着看罗斯福如何“接球”，面对多次类似场面的罗斯福马上接腔说，要把飞机和空需品运到中国去，可说是一件极为困难的事，但美国政府正戮力以赴把这些重要物资送到中国。他说，如果他是中国政府成员，也会问：什么时候运来中国？为什么不多送一些？作为美国政府一分子，他将会回答：我们将以上帝所允许的速度，把物资运往中国。罗斯福说完后，脸上露出得意的表情。

一位记者立即问宋美龄，她对加速美国军火运华一事有何建议。宋美龄站起来，两眼盯着前方，然后转向罗斯福总统，徐徐说道，他刚刚说过将以上帝所允许的速度把物资运往中国，“但我提醒大家要记住：自助者天助之。”罗斯福听了大笑，并说他非常同意“自助”乃是一件非常了不起的事。不过，有些记者觉得宋美龄有点咄咄逼人之势。有位记者问及飞虎队在中国表现如何？宋美龄大加赞扬美国志愿飞行员对中国抗战的贡献。“老政客”罗斯福知道记者会如果继续开下去，宋美龄的风头会比他还健，于是宣布散会。

记者会使专栏作家克莱伯大呼过瘾，他说，也许有一天要让影星海伦·海丝来演这个角色，不过她演得再好也比不上真实生活中的宋美龄。

２月２８日晚上，宋美龄一行坐火车离开华府，展开她的忙碌而紧凑的“征服美国”演说行程。宋美龄的火车在半夜经过犹他州一个小镇，全镇居民（包括５０名小学生）在车站守候通宵，希望能一睹宋美龄的风采。火车紧急停车后，宋美龄仍在睡觉，一个女佣打扮成宋美龄的样子，穿着她的披肩，走到月台上，频频向群众颔首微笑，这位完全不懂英语的女佣平时看多了女主人的神态，再经过一番指点，乡下人都以为她就是宋美龄，一直叫道：“就是她！就是她！”

宋美龄此行最受瞩目的是在好莱坞露天大会场发表来美的第三次重要演说，以及会见２００多位支持中国抗日的影剧界人士。为中国人所熟知的大牌影星如劳勃·泰勒、贾利·古柏、英格丽·褒曼、凯瑟琳·赫本、亨利·方达、丽泰·海华丝、秀兰·邓波儿等都和宋美龄寒暄，宋美龄对好莱坞电影的熟稔，不但使影星惊喜，亦使影剧记者大为佩服。影星均踊跃捐巨款给中国。宋美龄于好莱坞露天广场向３万听众发表演讲，呼吁大家支持中国抗战。

历时７个月大有收获的新大陆之行后，１９４３年７月４日，宋美龄返抵重庆。

宋美龄美国国会演讲

Mr. President, Members of the Senate of the United States, ladies and gentlemen, I am overwhelmed by the warmth and spontaneity of the welcome of the American people, of whom you are the representatives. I did not know that I was to speak to you today at the Senate except to say, “How do you do? I am so very glad to see you,” and to bring the greetings to my people to the people of America. However, just before coming here, the Vice President told me that he would like to have me say a few words to you.

I am not a very good extemporaneous speaker; in fact, I am no speaker at all; but I am not so very much discouraged, because a few days ago I was at Hyde Park, and went to the President’s library. Something I saw there encouraged me, and made me feel that perhaps you will not expect overmuch of me in speaking to you extemporaneously. What do you think I saw there? I saw many things. But the one thing which interested me most of all was that in a glass case there was the first draft of tone of the President’s speeches, a second draft, and on and on up to the sixth draft. Yesterday I happened to mention this fact to the President, and told him that I was extremely glad that he had to write so many drafts when he is such a well-known and acknowledgedly fine speaker. His reply to me was that sometimes he writes 12 drafts of a speech. So, my remarks here today, being extemporaneous, I am sure you will make allowances for me.

The traditional friendship between your country and mine has a history of 160 years. I feel, and I believe that I am now the only one who feels this way, that there are a great many similarities between your people and mine, and that these similarities are the basis of our friendship.

I should like to tell you a little story which will illustrate this belief. When General Doolittle and his men went to bomb Tokyo, on their return some of your boys had to bail out in the interior of China. One of them later told me that he had to mail out of his ship. And that when he landed on Chinese soil and saw the populace running toward him, he just waved his arm and shouted the only Chinese word he knew, “Mei-kuo, Mei-kuo,” which means “America,” [Applause.] Literally translated from the Chinese it means “Beautiful country.” This boy said that our people laughed and almost hugged him, and greeted him like a long lost brother. He further told me that the thought that he had come home when he saw our people; and that was the first time he had ever been to China. [Applause.]

I came to your country as a little girl. I know your people. I have lived with them. I spent the formative years of my life amongst your people. I speak your language, not only the language of your hearts, but also your tongue. So coming here today I feel that I am also coming home. [Applause.]

I believe, however, that it is not only I who am coming home; I feel that if the Chinese people could speak to you in your own tongue, or if you could understand our tongue, they would tell you that basically and fundamentally we are fighting for the same cause [great applause]; that we have identity of ideals’ that the “four freedoms,” which your President proclaimed to the world, resound throughout our vast land as the gong of freedom, the gong of freedom of the United Nations, and the death knell of the aggressors. [Applause.]

I assure you that our people are willing and eager to cooperate with you in the realization of these ideals, because we want to see to it that they do not echo as empty phrases, but become realities for ourselves, for your children, for our children’s children, and for all mankind. [Applause.]

How are we going to realize these ideals? I think I shall tell you a little story which just came to my mind. As you know, China is a very old nation. We have a history of 5,000 years. When we were obliged to evacuate Hankow and go into the hinterland to carry on and continue our resistance against aggression, the Generalissimo and I passed one of our fronts, the Changsha front. One day we went in to the Heng-yang Mountains, where there are traces of a famous pavilion called “Rub-the-mirror” pavilion, which perhaps interest you to hear the story of that pavilion.

Two thousand years ago near that spot was an old Buddhist temple. One of the young monks went there , and all day long he sat cross-legged, with his hands clasped before him in and attitude of prayer, and murmured “Amita-Buddha! Amita-Buddha! Amita-Buddha!” He murmured and chanted day after day, because he hoped that he would acquire grace.

The Father Prior of that temple took a piece of brick and rubbed it against a stone hour after hour, day after day, and week after week. The little acolyte, being very young, sometimes cast his eyes around to see what the old Father Prior was doing. The old Father Prior just kept on this work of rubbing the brick against the stone. So one day the young acolyte said to him, “Father Prior, what are you doing day after day rubbing this brick of stone?” The Father Prior replied, “I am trying to make a mirror out of this brick.” The young acolyte said, “But it is impossible to make a mirror out of a brick, Father Prior.” “Yes,” said the Father Prior, “and it is just as impossible for you to acquire grace by doing nothing except murmur ‘Amita-Buddha’ all day long, day in and day out.” [Applause.]

So my friends, I feel that it is necessary for us not only to have ideals and to proclaim that we have them, it is necessary that we act to implement them. [Applause.] And so to you, gentlemen of the Senate, and to you ladies and gentleman in the galleries, I say that without the active help of all of us, our leaders cannot implement these ideals. It’s up to you and to me to take to heart the lesson of “Rub-the-Mirror” pavilion.

I thank you. [Great applause, Senators and their guests rising.]

Following her address, Mme. Chiang Kai-shek and the distinguished visitors accompanying her and the others guests of the Senate were escorted from the Chamber.

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议长先生，美国参议院各位议员，各位女士、先生，受到诸位所代表的美国人民热情与真诚的欢迎，令我感动莫名。我事先不知今天要在参议员发表演说，只以为要到此说声"大家好，很高兴见到各位"，并向贵国人民转达敝国百姓的问候之意。不过，在来到此地之前，贵国副总统告诉我，他希望我和各位说几句话。

我并不善于即席演说，事实上根本称不上是演说家，但我不会因此怯场，因为前几天我在海德公园参观过总统图书馆，在那里看见一些东西鼓动了我，让我感觉各位或许不会对我的即席演说要求太多。

各位知道我在那里见到什么吗？我看到了许多，但最让我感兴趣的，莫过于一个放着总统先生（译注：即罗斯福总统）演说草稿的玻璃箱，里头从第一份草稿，第二份草稿，一直到第六份草稿。昨天，我碰巧向总统先生提及此事，我说倭很高兴知道，以他如次知名又公认的演说家，还必须写这么多份草稿。他回答说，有时他一次演说得写12份草稿。因此，今天本人在此发表的即席演说，我确信各位一定会包容。

贵国和敝国之间有着160年悠久历史的情谊，我觉得贵国人民和敝国百姓有许许多多的相似点，而这些相似点正是两国情谊的基础，我也相信并非只有我有这样的感觉。

在此，我想说个小故事，来说明此一信念。

杜利特尔将军和部下一起去轰炸东京，回程时有些美国子弟兵不得不在中国内陆跳伞，其中一人后来告诉我，他被迫从飞机跳伞，踏上中国的土地时，看到当地居民跑向他，他就挥着手，喊出他会说的唯一中国话："美国。美国"，也就是"美利坚"的意思，（掌声）美国在中国话的意思是"美丽的国家"。这个大男孩说，敝国人民听了都笑起来，拥抱他，像欢迎失散多年的兄弟一般。他还告诉我说，当他看到我们的人民，感觉他已经回到了家；而那是他第一次来到中国。（掌声）

我来到贵国时是个小女孩，我熟悉贵国人民，我和他们一起生活过。我生命中成长的岁月是和贵国人民一起度过的，我说你们的话，我想的和你们一样，说的也和你们一样。所以今天来到这里，我也感觉我好像回到家了。（掌声）

不过，我相信不只是我回到了家，我觉得，如果中国人民会用你们的语言与你们说话，或者你们能了解我们的语言，他们会告诉你们，根本而言，我们都在为相同的理念奋战（如雷掌声）；我们有一致的理想；亦即贵国总统向全世界揭示的"四个自由"：自由的钟声、联合国自由的钟声，和侵略者的丧钟响彻我国辽阔的土地。（掌声）

谨向各位保证，敝国人民深愿亦渴望为实现这些理想和贵国合作，因为我们希望这些理想不会流于空言，而是成为我们的子子孙孙、全人类的真况实境。（掌声）

我们要如何实现这些理想？我想，我可以告诉各位一个我刚想到的小故事。各位知道，中国是一个非常古老的国家。我们有五千年历史。我们被迫从汉口撤退，转入大后方继续抵抗侵略的时候，蒋委员长和我经过一处前线，就在长沙。有一天，我们上衡山，山上有一处有名的遗迹，叫"磨镜台"，是两千多年前的古迹。诸位或许有兴趣听听这古迹的故事。

两千年前，台址近旁有一座古老的佛寺。一名年轻和尚来此修行，他整天盘腿坐禅，双手合一，口中喃喃念着"阿弥陀佛！阿弥陀佛！阿弥陀佛！"他唱念佛号，日复一日，因为他希望成佛。

寺里的主持于是也跟着拿一块砖去磨一块石头，时时刻刻地磨，一天又一天地磨，一周又一周地磨。小和尚有时抬眼瞧瞧老和尚在做什么。主持只是一个劲儿拿砖磨石。终于有一天，小和尚对主持说："大师，您每天拿这块砖磨石头。到底为什么呢？"主持答道："我要用这块砖做镜子。"小和尚说："可砖块是做不成镜子的呀，大师。""没错，"主持说："就像你成天光念阿弥陀佛，是成不了佛的。"（掌声）

因此，朋友们，我觉得，我们不但必须有理想，不但要昭告我们有理想，我们还必须以行动来落实理想。（掌声）

所以，我要对诸位参议员先生，以及旁听席上的女士和先生们说，没有我们大家的积极协助，我们的领袖无法落实这些理想。诸位和我都必须谨记"磨镜台"的教训。

非常感谢大家。（全场掌声，议员与来宾起立）