西藏火鳳凰：獻給所有自焚藏人

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藏人的自焚，世界的恥辱！ 

■「西藏是拷問中國、國際社會人權和公正標準的最嚴厲問卷，沒有人可以回避，可以繞過去。目前為止，沒有人不受辱蒙羞。」──艾未未
■寧可自毀，也不傷及他人──「人不必自身敢於自焚，只要敢於在想像中正視自焚，就可以看到自焚者以渺小的一己之軀，與龐大的暴政機器抗爭的英勇與悲壯。」──唯色
■現代藝術家艾未未──封面設計、推薦
■另收錄井早智代、劉毅畫作
■唯色談艾未未設計的封面：
「在有著重要意義的封面設計——所有自焚藏人的名字用藏文記錄其上；中間的一朵火焰壯麗，充滿奉獻的美而非慘烈的苦；潔淨的封面宛如西藏潔白的哈達，以獻給所有自焚藏人——」
■封面設計概念：
艾未未的封面上燙印的藏人名字，只有在某些角度才看得到，這象徵著他們在這本書中的在場與缺席。就如同他們在所有被自焚悲劇影響的人們的心裡，存在，也不存在。

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「秉持非暴力原則的個體抗議者所能做的最激烈方式——點燃自己但不攻擊他人，自己慘死卻不與凶手同歸於盡。」──唯色

過去這段時間，全世界有不少媒體關注藏人自焚的事件，但絕大多數人不清楚到底是怎麼一回事。這本書是唯色對四年來持續發生的藏人自焚事件所做的一種竭力的解釋、沉痛的分析和直率的批評。當然，批評針對的是不義的中共當局以及向不義妥協的世界。

從二○一三年四月起，唯色心力交瘁地寫作了兩個月，關注藏人自焚，尤其關注如此眾多的藏人自焚而世界卻一片沉默的狀況，希望透過她的文字向世界發聲。然而這不是輕易就能發出聲，原因無他，一百四十二位藏人將寶貴的生命付諸於奉獻與抗議的火焰，人世間任何語言對此的描述與評價都是蒼白無力的。
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書名「西藏火鳳凰」的由來：
取意鳳凰涅槃，浴火重生。無論在西方還是東方的神話裡，火鳳凰是不死神鳥，每每自焚為燼，再從灰燼中重生，成為永生。雖然西藏文化中沒有涅槃的鳳凰，只有護衛佛法的神靈，但火鳳凰的象徵含義是廣泛的，都能理解。正如前蘇聯詩人茨維塔耶娃的詩句：

我是鳳凰，只在烈火中歌唱！
請你們珍惜我高貴的生命！
我熊熊燃燒，我燒成灰燼！
但願你們的黑夜能變得光明！

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