刘曼卿《康藏轺征》书前

“I Love Tibet; I Love China Even More”——In the Preface to Kang Zang Yao Zheng by Liu Manqing

受国民政府行政院、蒙藏委员会派遣,刘曼卿多次进入康藏地区考察,被称为"国民政府赴藏女专使"。之后著有《康藏轺征》《康藏轺征续记》《西藏纪行》等,成为研究民国时期中央与西藏地方关系的重要资料。有关她的文献史料展,成为爱国主义教育的重要内容。刘曼卿曾对十三世达赖喇嘛说:"我爱西藏,我更爱中国,我不愿西藏和中央关系长此隔阂。"这是刘曼卿进藏期间的心态,也是支撑她一生选择的"家国情怀"。

Dispatched by the government of the Republic of China and the Mongolian and Tibetan Affairs Commission, Madam Liu Manqing paid several visits to Tibet for investigation and was thus known as ＂the female envoy to Tibet＂. Based on those experiences she wrote such books as Expedition in a Carriage to Tibet （ Kang Zang Yao Zheng）, Expedition in a Carriage to Tibet Continued, and Tours in Tibet. These books have become important materials for studying relations between the central govern- ment and Tibet in the period of the Republic of China. And exhibition of historical records of Liu Manqing is an important part of patriotic education. Liu once said to Dalai Lama XIII, ＂I love Tibet, but I love China even more. I don＇t want to see the estrangement last long between Tibet and the central government. ＂ This was not only her mindset when she visited Tibet, but also the patriotic sense of national identity that supported her in her whole career and life.