馬年伊始，德國(guó)總理默茨開啟了他的首次訪華之旅。

在北京故宮，默茨用一種極具詩(shī)意的方式完成了他的“打卡”，卻引發(fā)德國(guó)媒體的關(guān)注。

據(jù)德國(guó)《明鏡周刊》報(bào)道，默茨總理在參觀北京故宮時(shí)，在留言簿上留下了德國(guó)大詩(shī)人席勒的詩(shī)句。 這首名為《孔夫子的箴言》（

Sprüche des Konfuzius

During his visit to China, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz inscribed a verse by the literary figure Friedrich Schiller in the guestbook at Beijing's Palace Museum.

In his entry, Merz wished Germany and China speed, strength and energy for "a year of cooperation and growth". His wishes come as China has just ushered in the new Year of the Horse, a zodiac sign that is characterized as being energetic and strives for progress.

Merz supplemented the message with a quotation from Schiller's poem

Sprüche des Konfuzius

Sayings of Confucius)

默茨摘錄了其中的經(jīng)典段落：

時(shí)間的步伐有三種
未來姍姍來遲
現(xiàn)在像箭一般飛逝
過去永遠(yuǎn)凝立靜止

Time moves in threefold stride:

Hesitantly the future approaches,

swift as an arrow the present flies,

eternally still stands the past.

正值中國(guó)農(nóng)歷馬年伊始，默茨在留言中還特別祝愿德中兩國(guó)能擁有如駿馬般的“速度、力量和精神”，共同迎來一個(gè)“合作與增長(zhǎng)之年”。

盡管詩(shī)意盎然，但《明鏡周刊》卻指出，詩(shī)中關(guān)于“未來姍姍來遲”的描述，與默茨隨后的高新科技之旅顯得有些格格不入。

Although Schiller describes the future as advancing "hesitantly", Merz's packed schedule in China is anything but.

離開北京后，默茨隨即奔赴江南科技重鎮(zhèn)杭州。這里的節(jié)奏毫無“遲緩”可言：他參訪了代表未來的機(jī)器人企業(yè)宇樹科技，以及西門子能源在當(dāng)?shù)刈?995年起設(shè)立的生產(chǎn)基地。默茨此行由30位企業(yè)高管陪同，其中包括寶馬、梅賽德斯和大眾的負(fù)責(zé)人。

顯然，在擁有1260萬人口的高新企業(yè)聚集之城杭州面前，未來并非“姍姍來遲”，而是以中國(guó)速度“撲面而來”。

From Beijing, Merz traveled on to the southern metropolis of Hangzhou. With around 12.6 million residents, the city is a major hub for high-tech companies.

His agenda included a visit to Unitree Robotics, a Chinese maker of humanoid robots. He also toured facilities operated by Siemens Energy, which has maintained a high-voltage switchgear site in Hangzhou since 1995.

Merz is accompanied by a large delegation of 30 business leaders, including the chief executives of BMW, Mercedes-Benz and Volkswagen.

來源：明鏡周刊 德語達(dá)人

跟著China Daily

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