推动华邮研究  争也君子

2013年5月20日，在珠海第三届东亚邮展期间，由陆游代表召集，举办了皇家邮学会聚会，各界人士出席约二十人，聚会上有人提出了一些问题，引起了争议，7月4日，我就争议的各点，提出行事必需以符合会章为前提的原则立场，并倡议利用皇家邮学会的国际平台，推动华邮研究更上一层楼，一个多月来，未见回复，故公开原信，并附译文，也算一并回复了珠海聚会诸君。

陆游仁兄如晤：

珠海一别，迅已月余，料想诸事和畅，为颂！

珠海聚会中，贤兄及原来“英国皇家集邮会中国会友联谊会”诸君，力主必需先要有组织才能举办活动，并且将原来任各职务之名单重新提出，贤兄在聚会之前，既已向总会出具书面保证：“英国皇家集邮会中国会友联谊会”已撤销，如今诸君又借“没有组织不能举办活动”为名，要重新任命各职务，统一组织财政，是否直接违背总会之要求而陷贤兄于不义？

其实，英国皇家邮学会迄今在中国举办的活动，三届年会于兹，又出版英国皇家邮学会中文会刊《亚洲邮学家》，均由各方热心人士襄助，出钱出力，不计较名分，但求为推动邮学研究而已，“没有组织不能举办活动”一说不攻自破，贤兄在邮坛早有清誉，何必使英国皇家邮学会成为他人沽名钓誉之场所？至于所谓假英国皇家邮学会之名行事而无需受其约束之说，如是，则何需有会章？

在珠海聚会中，我提出目前华邮研究许多权威著作都是由外国人所撰写，故在各国邮展中国人缺乏发言权，在历年华邮珍品陆续回国、邮人有更多机会直接接触珍品的好形势下，应大力鼓吹我国邮人研究之风，系统出版能代表中国当今研究水平的著作，填补外国学者不能熟悉运用中文原始资料的遗憾，使华邮研究更上一层楼，取得的发言权和主导权，为国争光。这应该是自周今觉先生以来一代代英国皇家邮学会华人会员的共同心愿。

争也君子。英国皇家邮学会是世界性的邮学研究机构，正是一个供国人将研究成果推向国际的良好平台，我也可以肯定，这会得到英国皇家邮学会会长、评议会等领导的支持。愿与贤兄合力，使华邮研究更国际化！

珠海聚会诸君，恕未能一一作答复，愿公开此书，以补遗憾，尚祈见示！

王剑智

2013年7月4日

Dear David

It has been over a month since we last met in Zhuhai. During the Zhuhai meeting, you and the officers of the “RPSL China Club” insisted that an organization must be established before any activities could be organized, and once again a list of the same officers was proposed, as before. The pretext that nothing could be done without an organization and an eagerness to “unify” the finance and activities with these same officers directly contravenes your written undertaking to Council in London that the “RPSL China Club” no longer exists.

The fact that the China Regional Meetings have been successfully organized and that the Asian Philatelist, an RPSL Chinese publication, has been published regularly during the past three years testifies that a new organization is not a pre-condition to the success of our activities in China.

What is needed is enthusiasm to promote philately through people giving their best without seeking positions or other rewards. The pretext that nothing can be done without an organization is groundless.

You already have an established reputation among philatelists, so why should we allow RPSL to be a place for office-seekers? The claim that these officers are using the RPSL only for advancing China's development (for which, read their own advancement) and are not abiding by the rules of the RPSL is absurd. If so, what are these rules for?

During the Zhuhai meeting, I drew attention to the fact that much of the research in Chinese philately was made by foreigners, and that the Chinese contribution to Chinese philately has been limited, not least in philatelic exhibitions.

Now that more Chinese rarities are returning to China, it is both fitting and proper that we organize and facilitate our research and publication, putting to good use the Chinese archives which are little known to foreign researchers, thus raising this research to a higher level. In this way, we will have more influence in Chinese philately and could fulfill the aspirations of generations of Chinese philatelists since M D Chow.

Positive competition is good. RPSL is a world-class philatelic research organization, and an ideal platform for Chinese philatelists to introduce their research findings to a world-class audience. I am quite sure that we will receive solid support from the Presidents and Council of the RPSL, and I look forward to working together with you towards the internationalization of Chinese philatelic studies.

I regret that I could not answer the questions raised in Zhuhai by these officers one by one, and I therefore take the opportunity of sharing this letter with a wider audience to solicit positive feedback.

Best regards

Danny