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---awomancan’tfogetthehistory张纯如，无法忘却历史的女子IrisShun-RuChangwasbornonMarch28,1968inNewJersey.ShewasanAmericanhistorianandjournalist.Sheisbestknownforherbest-selling1997accountoftheNankingMassacre(南京大屠杀),TheRapeofNanking.ShecommittedsuicideonNovember9,2004.Mainworks1.ThreadoftheSilkworm(1995)《蚕丝──钱学森传》2.TheRapeofNanking:TheForgottenHolocaustofWorldWarII(1997)《南京大屠杀》3.TheChineseinAmerica(2003)《美国华裔史录》Intothismaelstrom(大漩涡)ofnationalistprideandpainstepped,inthe1990s,a29-year-oldChinese-American.HerinterestinNankingwasarousedincidentally,byhearinghergrandparentstalkaboutit.Likemanyothers,theyhadfledthecitybeforetheJapanesearrived;whattheyknewwashearsay(传闻).ButitwassufficientlyterribleforMissChangtospendadaywalkingaroundinastateofshock,beforedecidingtodevoteherselftomakingthemassacreknown.FortwoyearsshedidresearchinChina,rifling(快速搜索)thearchivesandtalkingtosurvivors.ShepinnedamapofNankingonherstudywall,coveringitwithpicturesoftortures(折磨)andkillingintheplaceswheretheyhadhappened.Somecivilianshadbeenmutilated(毁坏)withbrokenbeerbottles,someimpaled(刺穿)onbamboo.Women‘sbreastshadbeencutoffandnailedtowalls.TheJapanesekilledsomanymenthattheyfounditquickertobayonet(用刺刀刺)themastheystoodinaline,ratherthanbeheadthem.Asthegrim(残忍的)storiesaccumulated,MissChanglostweightandbrokedown.Shewenton,defying(藐视)exhaustion.WhenherbookonNankingcameout,in1997,shespentayearontheroadtalkingaboutit.MorethanhalfamillioncopiesweresoldinAmericaalone;shebecameacelebrity,leavingaudiencesastonishedthatthispretty,smilinggirlcouldtellsuchtalesofhorror.Butshedidnotcare,shesaid,whethershemadeacentfromit.Allshewantedtodowasgetthestoryout.2004November9th,Changcommittedsuicidewithapistol(手枪)inhercarwhenshewasonly36.It’sreportedthatshediedoftristimania(抑郁症)astheresultoftheheavyloadsofworkandtirednessofseeingthevice(堕落)andrudenessofhuman.IrisChangstatue(雕像)attheMemorialHalloftheNankingMassacreinNanking.Thosewhocannotrememberthepastarecondemnedtorepeatit.------SantayanaTheLifeofReason