Dear Hu Zhihong,

I thoroughly enjoyed my stay inWuhan. I would like to express my deep appreciation for Guo Qiyong Laoshi, you, and all the colleages at Wuda for making the 7th International Conference on Confucianism an important and memorable event. I was delighted to greet Professor Xiao Jiefu. I felt great honored to have a whole session devoted to my work. It was educational.

The interviews for the Harvard-Yenching Institute went well. Please give my thanks to the International Office. They made my stay most comfortable. I was privileged to meet President Liu, a truly impressive leader in higher education. His liberal arts' vision, as demonstrated in his sensitivity to and knowledge of the humanities, is truly exceptional.

TheWuhanmeeting signals the beginning of a new phase for New Confucian studies in Cultural China. I am most grateful. By the way, the visit to theNavyAcademyadded a new dimension to myWuhantrip. I cherish the experience.

I learned that Professor Deng Xiaomang gave a lecture critiquing my interpretation of the Western Enlightenment sometime ago. I would like to have a copy of his presentation. I am sorry that I missed a chance to meet with and learn from him this time. His interpretive work and scholarship on Western philosophy, especailly Kantianim is a standard of inspiration for all of us. Please give my best regards to him.

With best wishes,

TU Weiming

親愛的胡治洪：

我由衷地激賞此次武漢之行。我想向郭齊勇老師、你、以及其他操辦第七屆國際儒學會議的武大同仁們表示深切的感謝，這是一個重要且具紀念意義的事件。我很高興能向蕭萐父教授面緻問忱。我感到特别榮幸的是安排了一個專場讨論我的學術工作，它使我獲益匪淺。

哈佛燕京學社的面試工作也進行得非常順利。請代我向國際辦公室表示謝意，他們的安排使我有賓至如歸之感。與劉校長的會見使我深受鼓舞，他是一位令人印象深刻的高等教育領導者，從他對于人文學科的敏銳和知識所表現出來的開放的見解，确實令我深為贊同。

此次武漢會議标志着文化中國新儒學研究的一個新階段的開端，對此我萬分感激。而順訪海軍工程學院，則補足了我此次武漢之行的另一方面，我很珍視這一機緣。

我獲悉鄧曉芒教授曾在不久前的一次演講中批評了我關于西方啟蒙主義的論述。我想得到他的演講文本。對于錯過此次機會去拜訪他并向他請教，我深感遺憾。他對于西方哲學、特别是康德哲學的翻譯以及學術研究，對于我們大家都是一個具有激勵意義的典範。請代我向他表示最高的敬意。

緻以最良好的祝願

杜維明

2005年9月19日