Dear grandpa Ba Jin:

I received your reply. You mustn't go home. I feel very sorry. But I don't blame you, on the contrary, also thank you in writing very difficult circumstances, to persist in my letter, you for our love and care, we all feel. Although you can not come back to see us, but you can spare time to write for us, we have been very happy! Your health is not good, you don't have the strength and energy to support such a long journey, but we know you want to see our smiling face.

Grandpa Ba Jin, do you think you are just an ordinary, ordinary people, in my eyes, you are really a great man!"Home""spring""autumn"and other works are exquisite beyond compare from your pen, your modesty, your kindness, your very modest, your amiable and easy of approach I see in the eye.

As I read your letter, I understand that the purpose of life is to give, not to enjoy. Let life blossom, and not eat cooked rice, but to give a little glory we live in a society Tim, so she exudes a charming light! We need to spend more love, more sympathy, more energy, more time for others...... So our will blossom and bear fruit. He who has himself, who lives for himself, has nothing.

Grandpa Ba Jin, I will not live up to what you expect of me. I will treasure all the valuable time I can use. I will read and study in all the gaps and contribute more to the society.

In the end, Grandpa Ba Jin, you should take good care of yourself and get well, so you can go home and sit down for a while, OK? Sincerely！

XX

May 17, 1989

亲爱的巴金爷爷：

我收到了您的回信。您不得回家乡了。我感到非常遗憾。但我并不怪您，相反，还要感激您能在提笔写字都很困难的情况下，带病坚持给我回信，您对我们的喜爱和关心，我们都感受的到。虽然你不能回来看我们，但您能在百忙之中抽空来为我们写信，我们已经很开心了！您的身体不好，没有那么多体力与精力支撑这样一次长途旅行，但我们知道，您是很想见到我们的笑脸的。

巴金爷爷，您认为您只是一个平平凡凡，普普通通的人，可在我眼中，您真的是一个了不起的人！《家》《春》《秋》等精妙绝伦的作品都出自您的笔下，您的谦虚，您的和蔼，您的虚怀若谷，您的平易近人，我都看在眼里。

读了您的信，我明白了生命的意义在于奉献而不在于享受。让生命开花结果，并不是白吃干饭，而是要给我们生活其中的社会添上一点光彩，让她散发出的迷人的光芒！我们要为别人花费更多的爱，更多的同情，更多的精力，更多的时间……这样我们的生命才会开花结果。一心为自己，一生为自己的人，什么也得不到。

巴金爷爷我一定不会辜负您对我的期望，我会珍惜我所有可以使用的宝贵时间，就所有的空档来读书学习，为社会多做贡献。

最后，巴金爷爷，您平常要多保重身体，身体好了，就抽空回家坐坐，好吗？

此致

敬礼！

XX

1989年5月17日