Triplett release "and the Lee Kuan Yew dialogue": the leadership
style of Mr Lee is a "New Confucian Utopia"
（2010-05-27）
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美国著名时评专栏作者及政治与传媒教授普雷特为写一部关于内阁资政李光耀的书，阅读了大量相关资料，并在去年七月分两天对他作了四个小时的深入访问，也因此养成一个怪习惯，每当美国出现什么情况，总会有感而发地说“换作是李光耀，他会这么做”或是“换作新加坡，事情会这样处理”。
American columnist and political commentary with the media is write
a Professor Triplett on Lee Kuan Yew's book, read a lot of relevant
information, and in July last year in two days gave him four hours
of in-depth interviews , and thus develop a strange habit, what
happens when the United States will always feel an urge to say "If
it was Lee Kuan Yew, he would do" or "change for Singapore, things
will be handled this way."
他的妻子安德里亚对他总是喜欢拿别人来和美国比较，已感到不耐烦，终于威胁他说：“再让我听到你这么说，就让你睡客厅！”
His wife, Andrea likes to take his people to come and compare the
United States have been impatient, and finally threatened him,
said: "let me hear you say, let you sleep in the living
room!"
所幸两人并没真的因为李资政和新加坡而决裂，普雷特（Tom
Plate）也顺利写完了“亚洲巨人系列”的第一部《与李光耀对话》（Giants of Asia-- Conversations
with Lee Kuan Yew）。 Fortunately, two did not really because
of the break and Singapore Senior Minister Lee, Triplett (Tom
Plate) has successfully finished the "Asian Giants" series the
first "dialogue with the Lee Kuan Yew" (Giants of Asia -
Conversations with Lee Kuan Yew).
这部新书的发布会昨天在香格里拉大酒店举行，李资政还特地应邀出席。 This book of the
conference held at Shangri-La Hotel yesterday, Mr Lee also
specially invited to attend. 安德里亚也穿着红色连身裙，在场热情地招呼来宾。 Andrea was also wearing a red
dress, the presence of warm greeting guests.
李资政应普雷特临场邀请，发表简短讲话时说：“我不完全赞同整本书的内容。因为部分内容是从西方的角度夸大了某些古怪的特点。不过整体而言，这本书是反映了我的观点。”
Mr Lee should Triplett spot invitation, made a brief speech, said:
"I do not entirely agree with the entire contents of the book.
Because some of the content is from the perspective of the West
exaggerated some odd features. But overall, this book is reflects
my views. "
听李资政说完，普雷特便上前把这部书的封面所采用的李资政漫画图像原作送给他留念。 Having heard Mr
Lee, Triplett will be approached to the cover of the book used by
Senior Minister Lee comic, gave him the original pictures.
当两人站在一起时，虽然个子差不多一样高，但穿着浅蓝色大衣、笑料百出的普雷特却跟穿着朴素、言行严肃的李资政形成很大的反差。
When the two stood together, although almost as tall as tall, but
wearing a light blue coat, but with jokes 100 of Triplett wearing a
simple, solemn words and deeds of the disparity between Senior
Minister Lee.
普雷特要在新书中做到的是以轻松的写法去让西方读者了解这位87高龄的亚洲领导人的思维方式，并窥视他严肃面孔背后的内心世界。
Triplett to do in the book are easy to make Western readers to
understand the wording of the age of 87 Asian leaders way of
thinking, and to spy on his solemn face behind the inner
world.
他的结论是李资政的领导风格属于“儒家新乌托邦”。 He concluded that Mr Lee's
leadership style as "Confucian new Utopia."
传统的儒家色彩指的是李资政在领导政府时，是以“一家之主”的身份为国家作出决定，而民众都乖乖听从。
Traditional Confucian color refers to the leadership of Mr Lee in
the Government, is "head of household" status for the country to
make decisions, people are nice listen. 所谓“新乌托邦”，则是指他能够以实事求是，而非意识形态的角度去解决问题，让民众可以享受理想中的“乌托邦国度”里的良好生活。
The so-called "New Utopia", it means that he can seek truth from
facts, rather than ideological point of view to solve the problem
so that people can enjoy the ideal of "Utopia country" where the
good life.
至于李资政的内心世界，普雷特在访问中尝试引导他针对暴躁的脾气、对儿子的自豪感、精神压力、终老等课题说出心里话。
As Senior Minister Lee's inner world, Triplett try to guide him
during his visit for the bad temper, his son's sense of pride,
mental stress and died on topics such as to say
it.
Mr Lee revealed in the book he's proud his son Lee Hsien
Loong.
他说早在李显龙还没当上总理之前，全体部长都已看出他非常有能力，什么事情都能办好。 He said that as
early as yet to become Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong before, all
ministers have to see he is very capable and can run
anything.
他举例说，当年一名教授英国文学的学者到他家作客时，曾抛出一个字谜。 For example, he said,
then a professor of English literature scholar that he came to
visit, he had thrown an anagram. 李资政和英文比他强的夫人柯玉芝都解答不出，但本科念的是数学的李显龙，却能说出正确的答案。 Senior
Minister Lee and stronger than his English wife Ke Yuzhi have
answered no, but the idea is that undergraduate mathematics Lee,
able to give the right answer.
书中引述李资政说：“现在最新款的电脑硬盘的容量有多大，我儿子的脑力就有多大。” The book quoted
Mr Lee said: "Now the newest computer hard drive capacity may be,
my son's brain had much."
1994年，当18岁的美国学生麦克菲因在新加坡涂鸦而被判坐牢四个月及鞭打四下之后，几乎所有的美国报纸都铺天盖地地批评新加坡，只有普雷特独排众议，认为新加坡有理。
In 1994, when the 18-year-old American student McPhee for graffiti
in Singapore was sentenced to four months imprisonment and flogging
looked after, almost all American newspapers are overwhelming
criticism of Singapore, only Triplett singular appeal that the
Singapore justified. 不过，就连他写专栏的《洛杉矶时报》起初也拒绝刊登他支持新加坡的评论，直到他搬出“美国难道没有言论自由吗？”这张皇牌，才允许他的评论见报。
However, even column, he wrote, "Los Angeles Times," at first
refused to publish his support for Singapore's comment, until he
moved out, "Is not freedom of speech the United States do?" This
trump card, only to allow his comments hit the papers.
他早已预见亚洲将非常重要，却有感于美国人对亚洲仍然存在许多误解，因此决定从1996年起在美国报章发表谈论亚洲的评论。
He has already predicted will be very important in Asia, but Asian
Americans Feeling that there are still a lot of misunderstanding,
it was decided in the United States since 1996, released to the
press about the comments of Asia. 李资政是他的“亚洲巨人系列”所写的第一个人物，下一个人物将是马来西亚前首相马哈迪医生，之后将是联合国秘书长潘基文。
Senior Minister Lee is his "Asian Giants" series written by the
first figure, the next character will be the former Malaysian Prime
Minister Dr Mahathir, will be followed by the United Nations
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon.
马哈迪经常在新马双边关系上与李资政唱反调。 Mahathir Malaysia bilateral
relations, often with Senior Minister Lee sing a different
tune. 两人在新加坡当年还是马来西亚一州的时候，已是政敌，后来当马哈迪当上马国首相之后，在双边关系方面可说是对新加坡处处为难，但是当普雷特请他在新书中对李资政作出点评时，却是对他赞赏不已。
Two in Singapore or Malaysia that year, when a state is already
political opponents, when Mahathir was prime minister when the
country launched after the bilateral relations can be said that
made things difficult for Singapore, but when Triplett please his
new book on Senior Minister Lee to comment, it was to his
admiration.
“他是小池塘里的大青蛙，不满足于他所拥有的，而是想成为马来西亚的首相……，但是我想当人们把他载入史册时，人们会记得他是一位了不起的知识分子，同时也是了不起的政治人物，这是很罕见的。”
"He is a big frog in a small pond, not satisfied with his own, but
want to become Prime Minister of Malaysia, ... ..., but I want to
go down in history of his people, people will remember he was a
great intellectual also a great political figure, this is very
rare. "
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