Chang was evenmore outraged that there was not only no official apology from Japan, but alsothe attempt by the country to try to deny the facts and to wipe out that darkchapter of history. Not only have right-wing politicians and people in Japan triedto cover it up, but also the Japanese government is trying to brush aside theatrocities in its invasion of China and other Asian countries.
更让张愤怒的是，日本不仅没有正式道歉，而且日本还试图否认事实，抹去历史的黑暗篇章。不仅日本右翼政客和人民试图掩盖它，而且日本政府也试图无视其入侵中国和其他亚洲国家的暴行。
Iris Chang onceconfronted the Japanese ambassador to the United States in a television showafter they accused her of a "very wrong description". Of course, shereceived frequent harassment and threats from some Japanese after her book waspublished.
张纯如曾在一个电视节目中与日本驻美国大使对峙，因为他们指责她“非常错误的描述”。当然，她的书出版后，她经常受到一些日本人的骚扰和威胁。
These threats andthe denials of the Japanese officials must have left Chang infuriated. Whywould people want to deny the facts, and how could they do that? Why after somany years, was justice not done? It's like a man who has killed a neighbor andwas caught red handed. But the killer denies all the crimes he has committed.Not only that, he constantly harasses and threatens the families and neighborsof the victim as if justice is in the hands of the killer. And his neighborsdon’t know when the killer might kill again.
这些威胁和日本官员的否认一定让张感到愤怒。人们为什么要否认事实，他们怎么能这样做？为什么这么多年过去了，正义没有得到伸张？这就像一个人杀死了一个邻居，然后被当场抓住。但凶手否认他犯下的所有罪行。不仅如此，他还不断骚扰和威胁受害者的家人和邻居，仿佛正义掌握在凶手手中。他的邻居不知道凶手什么时候会再次杀人。

Iris Chang, authorof "The Rape of Nanking", ended her life with a pistol on November 9,2004. She was 36. She had suffered from years of depression and constant sleepdeprivation since her bestseller – full title "The Rape of Nanking: TheForgotten Holocaust of World War Two" – was published in 1997. It may betrue that Iris Chang committed suicide. But I still have to ask: Who killedIris Chang?
《南京大屠杀》的作者张纯如于2004年11月9日用手枪结束了自己的生命。她当时36岁。自从她的畅销书——全名《南京大屠杀：被遗忘的二战浩劫》——于1997年出版以来，她一直患有抑郁症和持续的睡眠不足。张纯如zs可能是真的。但我还是要问：是谁杀了张纯如？

As a writer, Iris Chang was a loner tryingto unveil the truth to the world. As hard as she tried, she couldn’t let thewhole world know about the atrocities. The Nanjing Massacre remains unknown tomost people, especially people outside East Asia. Chang might have thought thatonce she published her book, the crimes of war would be immediately known tothe whole world and that the Japanese government would change its attitude.
作为一名作家，张纯如是一个孤独的人，试图向世界揭示真相。尽管她努力尝试，但她无法让全世界都知道这些暴行。南京大屠杀对大多数人，尤其是东亚以外的人，仍然不为人所知。张可能以为，一旦她的书出版，战争罪行会立即为全世界所知，日本ZF会改变态度。
But to her disappointment, the NanjingMassacre remains forgotten by most people, especially in the West, unlike theNazi holocaust which has had ubiquitous promotion. Meanwhile, the Japanesegovernment and some Japanese members of the public are stepping up theirefforts to cover up the Nanjing Massacre.
但令她失望的是，南京大屠杀仍然被大多数人遗忘，尤其是在西方，不像纳粹大屠杀那样无人不知。与此同时，日本政府和一些日本民众正在加紧掩盖南京大屠杀。
At the grave of Iris Chang, a stone wascarved with the words "The Power of One". It stands as a testament ofhow much an individual has done to seek truth in history. I am sad to say thatI think the power of one person is very limited. Chang must have felt helplessthat she could not single-handedly change perceptions.
在张纯如的坟墓上，一块石头上面刻着“一个人的力量”的字样。它证明了一个人为寻求历史真相做了多少工作。我很遗憾地说，我认为一个人的力量非常有限。张一定感到无助，因为她不能单枪匹马地改变观念。

For a young lady, Iris Chang shouldered aheavy burden of telling the truth to the whole world. As a conscientiouswriter, she felt a duty to reveal facts and correct lies. As a sensitive woman,she couldn't shake off the haunting images of the atrocities by the Japanesesoldiers. She also felt so immersed in the grievances of the Chinese thatjustice can’t be done. She was very much depressed, couldn’t sleep and reliedheavily on pills. And in the end, she picked up a pistol.
张纯如，一位年轻的女士，肩负着向全世界说真话的沉重负担。作为一个尽职尽责的作家，她觉得有责任揭露事实和纠正谎言。作为一个敏感的女人，她无法摆脱日本士兵暴行的令人难以忘怀的画面。她也觉得自己沉浸在中国人的委屈中，正义无法伸张。她非常沮丧，无法入睡，严重依赖药丸。最后，她拿起了一把手枪。
So, did she kill herself? Or was she killedby the horrific scenes of atrocities by Japanese troops? Was she killed by thethreats and harassment of right-wing Japanese? Was she killed by the coveringup and denials? Was she killed by the injustices? Was she even killed by theindifference of many people? I have to say that Iris was one of the lastvictims of the Nanjing Massacre and if justice is not done, more people willsuffer from the agonies and pains.
那么，她自杀了吗？还是她被日军暴行的可怕场面杀死了？她是被日本人右翼的威胁和骚扰杀死的吗？她是被掩盖和否认杀死的吗？她是被不公正杀害的吗？难道她竟然被很多人的冷漠杀死了？不得不说，张纯如是南京大屠杀最后的受害者之一，如果不伸张正义，会有更多的人遭受痛苦。
In his eulogy, reporter Richard Rongstadsaid, "Iris Chang lit a flame and passed it to others and we should notallow that flame to be extinguished."
记者理查德·荣斯塔德（Richard Rongstad）在悼词中说：“张纯如点燃了一把火焰，把它传递给了别人，我们不应该让火焰熄灭。

被遗忘的大屠杀
序
导言
第一章通往南京之路
第二章恐怖的六星期
第三章南京沦陷
第四章六周暴行纪实
第五章南京安全区
第六章世界知道些什么
第七章铁蹄下的南京
第八章审判日
第九章幸存者的命运
第十章被遗忘的大屠杀：再次凌辱
结语
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