他8岁去台湾，归来已是“80后”......

眼前这个老人名叫郁慕明，他8岁随父亲离开中国大陆前往台湾。

而今83岁的他见证了海峡两岸近半个多世纪以来风云变幻的历史。

每年，他都会带台湾青年来到大陆祭拜中华民族的共同祖先——黄帝。让年轻人了解，作为炎黄子孙，不要忘记我们的根。

Yok Mu-ming, the former president of Taiwan’s New Party, often takes young people of Taiwan to pay tribute to the Yellow Emperor Mausoleum, located in Shaanxi province. He said: “I take young people along with me to let them remember that as Chinese, our roots are on the mainland.”

郁慕明会说地道上海话，他说自己家族的根在上海。“我生在上海，家族来自上海。”

Despite spending most of his life in Taiwan, Yok said his own family’s roots are in Shanghai.

当年的郁氏家族在上海颇有名望。郁慕明的曾祖父郁怀智是上海滩有名的慈善家，家族创办的药房叫“郁良心堂”，恰好是上海话“有良心”的谐音，常常为穷苦百姓免费抓药。

1940年，郁慕明在上海出生，家中排行第十七，在外被称为“郁十七郎”。在他前面有12个姐姐，4个哥哥，均为同一父母所生。

He was born in 1940 into a wealthy family in Shanghai doing foreign trade. He was the 17th child of his parents and the youngest. A pharmacy established by his family used to provide free medication to the poor in Shanghai.

郁慕明在上海家中接受中国日报采访，展示家族照片。摄影/吴婉珍

1948年，父亲希望在台湾再建个办事处，所以带着郁慕明的一个姐姐以及年仅8岁的郁慕明去了台湾。后因内战爆发，被迫滞留台湾，自此数十年与其他家人两岸分隔。

Yok went to Taiwan in 1948 along with his father when he was 8 years old. His father wanted to open a branch of his company in Taiwan. He did not expect that due to war it would be four decades before he would set foot on the mainland again.

在台湾，郁慕明大学时遵从父亲的意愿选择了学医。1971年被台湾当局选派赴美学习，回台后担任“国防医学院”教授。1981年，郁慕明参加台北市议员竞选，高票当选，自此开始从政生涯。1993年，因不满李登辉的“台独”政策，郁慕明退出国民党，成立新党。

He studied medicine during his time at university in Taiwan and then became a professor at a college there. In 1981, Yok, who was a member of the Chinese Kuomintang party, was elected as a lawmaker in Taipei, thus beginning his political career.

在“台独”势力日益猖獗的台湾政坛，郁慕明领导的新党始终致力于反“独”促统，积极推动两岸和平统一事业。

郁慕明在陕西参加“癸卯年（2023）清明公祭轩辕黄帝典礼”

由于长期与大陆亲人分隔，郁慕明对“家”和“根”的概念有着切身的体会。来台后很长一段时间里，他和父亲、姐姐与身在大陆的亲人只能靠书信了解彼此的讯息。1990年，郁慕明的父亲去世，在大陆的家人们没能见到父亲最后一面，留下莫大的遗憾。

郁慕明坚信，祖国统一是不可阻挡的历史大势。他说：“只有国家统一我才能做一个堂堂正正的中国人”。

Yok said the reunification of the two sides of the Taiwan Strait is an inevitable historical trend as both sides share the same roots. “Taiwan is originally a province of China, and I am a witness. Both sides of the Strait are one family,” he said, adding that “national reunification is the prerequisite for national rejuvenation and for me to be a proud Chinese”.

郁慕明喜欢和年轻人交朋友，他常说：“我的年龄是80岁以上，但我的体力是60岁，心态是40岁，我的朋友是20岁。”

郁慕明带着台湾青年在陕西参加桥山“思源林”植树活动

两岸统一之后，他希望各处去演讲，给年轻人讲讲中国的历史文化。在他看来，中华民族之所以能够绵延不断几千年，是因为中华文化博大精深。

“中华文化的根是什么？一个词——家。中国人重视家，所以中国的结构是以家为单元。我们的结构是非常坚强的，不容易破的。”

“Chinese people value family, and the structure of China is based on the family unit. This structure is extremely strong and not easily broken,” he added.

如今，八十多高龄的郁慕明回到家乡上海定居，但仍穿梭于两岸，为两岸交流贡献着自己的力量。

他常常笑称，自己8岁离家，归来已是个“80后”。

记者：张怡

编辑：孙誉荧

实习生：万慧婷