Forty years ago I was a fourth-grade primary school pupil at the Buddhist Charitable School on Xizhimennei Street. It was a very tidy two-story building with a big red brick sign indicating a charitable institutions, above the school gate.

• 四十年前，我是个小学四年级学生。 我们那所学校，是一个佛教会办的，叫“红卍字会小学”校舍坐落在北京西直门内大街上，两层的灰砖小楼整整齐齐，校门的上方，用红砖砌出一个很大卍字