“海並不深，懷念一個人比海還要深。”
“時光可以讓一個人面目全非，也讓另外一些人愈加清晰。”
“山形依舊，流水澹澹，江月年年，星漢燦爛，原都不是要襯得人世無常的。”
“對於我們平凡人而言，生命中許多細微小事，並沒有什麼特別緣故地就在心深處留下印記，天長日久變成為彌足珍貴的回憶”
……
這些飽含深情的句子，都出自一本繪本——《平如美棠：我倆的故事》。
在相伴近60年的妻子毛美棠過世後，饒平如開始用毛筆畫下腦海裡一點一滴的記憶，一邊整理家庭的照片和信件，一邊配上文字和小詩，畫成了這本繪本。
這樣一本記錄生活點滴卻飽含深情的書，感動了無數中國讀者。2018年，《平如美棠：我倆的故事》還在英國、美國、法國、西班牙、韓國等9個國家和地區出版。
然而這個清明，平如、美棠，終在天上重聚。
饒平如老先生3月23日因膽囊疾病入院，住院後突發多器官衰竭，於4月4日上午9時在上海瑞金醫院去世，享年99歲。
Rao Pingru, writer of popular love memoir "Our Story," died at a hospital in Shanghai at the age of 99 on Saturday morning.
Rao was hospitalized on March 23 due to a gallbladder disease that developed into multiple organ failure, according to a post by his granddaughter Rao Xinxin in her WeChat friend circle.
"The funeral will be simple during the epidemic prevention period," wrote Rao Xinxin.
"My grandpa had lived a peaceful and happy daily life before hospitalized. After this year's New Year's Eve dinner was canceled for some reason, there was no chance to get together again at all."
Rao was born into a big family in Jiangxi Province in 1922. In 1940, he dropped out of high school and applied for the Huangpu (Whampoa) Military Academy. After graduation, he joined in the national revolutionary army to fight against invading Japanese troops.
He began to paint memories of the love and life between him and his wife Mao Meitang, who had Alzheimer's disease, after the latter passed away in 2008. The painted book "Our Story" became a hit in countries including Britain, the U.S., France, Spain, and South Korea in 2018.
在繪本的最後一頁，彩霞漫天，二人攜手，如神仙眷侶般走向遠方村落。
或許正如圖畫中所畫，饒平如老先生並沒有走遠，他只是去和鍾愛一生的美棠相聚了
“我空空的來到世間，只有這些最愛。”
“在遇到她以前我不怕死，不懼遠行。也不曾憂慮悠長歲月。”
斯人已逝，但深情永存。
CGTN根據饒平如老先生的經歷和所創作的繪本拍攝了紀錄片《相思繪本》，讓我們一起重溫平如、美棠平淡溫馨的真摯情感。
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A letter from Pingru
平 如 寄 語
Life is too good to pass up.
人生苦短，青春難再。
Leave no regrets regarding those you love.
莫負初衷，相敬相愛。
Bear all things and hope for all things.
凡事包容，凡事期待。
Believe all things and endure all things.
凡事相信，凡事忍耐。
Happiness is only real when you truly love.
白頭到老，幸福愉快。
Love never fails.
天長地久，真情永在。
Rao Pingru | 饒平如
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