《联合早报》- 晚晴园纪念孙中山150周年诞辰 《星洲同盟会录》再版新书后天发布 (2016-01-07)
http://www.zaobao.com.sg/news/singapore/story20160107-567967
88年前，我国先驱人物林义顺把一本亲自编录的硬皮烫金书册《星洲同盟会录》送给由陈嘉庚创立、林文庆任校长的厦门大学。在此后的漫长岁月里，这本收集了辛亥革命重要原始材料的珍贵手稿本，或历尽沧桑四处流转，或默默无闻地埋藏在厦大的书库里，直到辛亥百年才“适时”与本地文史工作者“偶遇”，再一次成为世人焦点。
今年恰逢星洲同盟会成立111周年，孙中山南洋纪念馆（晚晴园）把上述《星洲同盟会录》和其他与林义顺有关的史料、传记、图片、文章等汇编成书重新出版，作为晚晴园史料汇编系列丛书之一。
配合《星洲同盟会录》再版，晚晴园来临星期六（9日）将在中华总商会举行座谈会与新书推介会，这也是晚晴园今年纪念孙中山150周年诞辰所举行的第一项大型活动。
晚晴园馆长、也是《星洲同盟会录》主编陈丁辉博士到厦大商借林义顺《星洲同盟会录》再版时，发现这一手稿孤本于1928年乘邮轮从新加坡运往厦大后，还可能在1937年9月之后的抗战岁月，跟随厦大图书馆其他书籍流转至鼓浪屿、漳州、龙岩、长汀，甚至在沦陷后被日本人运往台湾大学，二战后才由厦大去函索回。
无论如何，这本以林义顺公司的信笺为纸张，用毛笔书写、钢笔抄录、配合照片和剪报等结集而成的手工书，至今能安然地躺在厦大书库中，实属万幸。
陈丁辉说，蒋介石1928年中完成北伐，统一中国后，国民党内部开始整理辛亥革命的历史。林义顺1928年9月送给厦大的《星洲同盟会录》，相信是在这一历史背景下问世的。从各种史料看，林义顺之后曾动手写回忆录《三十三年浮云影》，还请了陈少白等人写序，但是最终似乎没有写成或出版，《星洲同盟会录》因此异常珍贵。
无意间“发现”手稿书
这本手稿书是在2011年8月初，由本地两位文史研究者杜南发和吕世聪，无意间在厦门华侨博物馆重新“发现”的。杜南发说，他们当时为了策划“蓝海福建”文物展到福建去，顺便出席在华侨博物馆举行的陈笃生家族捐赠族谱仪式。
没想到就在介绍陈笃生曾孙陈武烈的图板前，他们“发现”了当时由厦大借给华侨博物馆展览两星期的这本稀世手稿书，一时惊喜万分。这本书会当成文物展出，是因为陈武烈是同盟会成员之一。
杜南发后来在《联合早报》出版的《百年辛亥·南洋回眸》报章特辑中，撰文记录“发现”《星洲同盟会录》的经过，还畅谈这本老书作为原始材料和历史文献的重要意义。他的这篇文章如今也收录在新书中。
新版《星洲同盟会录》还收录了1921年由“上海实业名人集传”所发行的《林义顺传》。这本由吕世聪收藏的线装人物传记，出版年代正好是林义顺人生巅峰期，当时刚出任中华总商会会长。
新编附录还收集潘醒农的《林义顺先生传记》。林义顺任潮州八邑会馆首任总理时，潘醒农受聘为义安公司秘书，两人因公务关系经常在一起，他的文章因而有很多一手资料。
林义顺最终葬于何处仍是谜
谈到孙中山身边的“星洲三杰”，林义顺可说是国人最耳熟能详的一位，北部的义顺新镇、马西岭和他息息相关，华社熟悉的中华总商会、怡和轩、潮州八邑会馆也有他的身影，但他身后却留下至今无法解开的谜团，那便是他的墓下落不明。
本地历史学者柯木林20多年来曾三度到南京寻找林义顺的墓地不果。柯木林说，1988年他在义顺市镇理事会担任总经理时，便对林义顺产生浓厚兴趣，后来认识了林义顺的孙子林英权，经常到林英权家向他了解林义顺事迹。
他从林英权那里看到有助于了解林义顺家族历史的《澄邑马西乡林氏族谱》，后来还撰写了“《澄邑马西乡林氏族谱》的发现与其史料价值”。
柯木林从各种史料与报道中知道林义顺是在1936年3月19日晚，在上海宝隆医院303号病房病逝，去世时才57岁。有资料说他去世后遗体原本要运回新加坡安葬，但经革命党老同志黄宗汉、冯自由、张永福等人的游说，国民政府决定为他举行公葬，灵柩于1936年4月18日运抵南京，准备在中山陵附近安葬，但他最终葬于何处，至今仍是个谜。
新书收录了一篇由邵芾甘棠绘述的《林义顺先生在沪逝世经过》，让有兴趣者进一步了解当时的情况。
想进一步了解和认识林义顺精彩一生的公众，欢迎出席新书推介会（新版《星洲同盟会录》每本售价20元）及由杜南发、柯木林和李志贤副教授主讲的《星洲同盟会录》座谈会。
《星洲同盟会录》座谈会
日期：1月9日（星期六）
时间：下午2时至4时
地点：中华总商会嘉庚堂
询问：入场免费，无须报名，有疑问请电邮NHB_WQY@nhb.gov.sg
《联合早报》- 《星洲同盟会录》座谈会 (2016-01-07)
http://www.sgwritings.com/viewnews_84524.html
晚晴园和中华总商会将联合主办讲座，以林义顺先生的《星洲同盟会录》为主题，分别由三位主讲嘉宾介绍相关史料的“发现”、林义顺其人其事及历史评价。主讲嘉宾为：杜南发先生、李志贤副教授、柯木林先生。
配合孙中山先生诞辰150 周年，讲座上也将举行《星洲同盟会录》再版新书发布会。新书推介嘉宾为中华总商会蔡其生会长。
本讲座无需预先报名。 欢迎大家踊跃出席！若有疑问，敬请电邮至: NHB_WQY@nhb.gov.sg。
日期：2016年01月09日（星期六）
时间：下午2时至4时
地点 : 新加坡中华总商会(嘉庚堂)
Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce & Industry
47 Hill Street, Singapore 179365
《联合早报》- 今日触点 - 《星洲同盟会录》座谈会与新书发布会 (2016-01-09)
Straits Times - Book on pineapple king Lim Nee Soon launched (2016-01-11)
http://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/book-on-pineapple-king-lim-nee-soon-launched
A book on the life and works of Singapore's early Chinese pioneer Lim Nee Soon, from whom the Nee Soon area - now known as Yishun - got its name, was launched by the Sun Yat Sen Nanyang Memorial Hall on Saturday.
A Record Of Singapore's Tong Meng Hui includes a reprint of a 40-page handwritten book by Lim on Tong Meng Hui, a political group and predecessor of the Kuomintang founded by Dr Sun Yat Sen, who ended 267 years of Qing rule after the successful 1911 Chinese Revolution.
Born in Singapore in 1879, Lim was a pineapple plantation king and rubber magnate bilingual in English and Chinese.
He was among the leaders of the group's branch here set up by Dr Sun in 1905 and had presented his book to China's Xiamen University in 1928. He died eight years later.
The book - with the names of all the group's 123 Singapore members at the time, newspaper cuttings and photographs of its activities, and short essays written by members - was kept in the university's library warehouse until it was discovered by former Chinese newspaper journalist Toh Lam Huat in 2011.
Mr Toh, 63, spoke about its significance at a forum held in conjunction with the book launch, adding he was glad it has been reprinted and published by the memorial hall.
"Lim Nee Soon's book is the earliest record of Singapore's involvement in the 1911 Chinese Revolution to date," he said.
Other forum speakers were local Chinese history researcher Kua Bak Lim and National University of Singapore Associate Professor Lee Chee Hiang.
The Chinese book on Lim includes reprints of early articles about him, milestones in his life illustrated with photographs and documents, and an essay in English on the Lim family history.
It is the second book in the memorial hall's series on Singapore's early Chinese pioneers, said its general manager, Dr Tan Teng Phee, 43.
The first, on rubber tycoon Teo Eng Hock (1872-1959) - published in 2013 and titled Nanyang And The Founding Of The Chinese Republic - includes a reprint of his 1933 memoirs and some of his poems. He was Lim's uncle and Deputy Prime Minister Teo Chee Hean's great-granduncle.
A third volume, on Tan Chor Lam (1884-1971), founding chairman of Tong Meng Hui in Singapore, is expected to be out by the first quarter of the year.
It will include his 1940 speech at the opening of Wan Qing Yuan after renovation works were done to the villa in Tai Gin Road, which was once Tong Meng Hui's South-east Asia headquarters and is now occupied by the Sun Yat Sen Nanyang Memorial Hall as its permanent museum building.
In the pipeline are works on other early Singapore pioneers such as Lin Shou Zhi, Koh Soh Chew and Reverend Tay Sek Tin, which will be published later.
"They will be valuable resources for scholars as well as young Singaporeans to know their past better," said Dr Tan.
The books on Lim Nee Soon and Teo Eng Hock are available at $20 and $39.90 respectively at the Sun Yat Sen Nanyang Memorial Hall.
《源》2016年第1期总119期 - 林义顺与《星洲同盟会录》
