言说从古至今在人类历史中都有着举足轻重的作用。在儒家思想中，沉默并非一定是无言或者理屈词穷，沉默有时候是一种特殊的语言。在汤婷婷的《中国佬》中，华裔男性的沉默恰恰是当时的历史环境下一种必须的选择，一种无声的历史叙述。%Discourse plays a fundamental role in human history. In Confucianism, silence does not necessarily mean speechless, on the contrary, silence is a special way of expressing. In Maxine Kingston’s “China Men”, the silence of the Chinese male is a must, and it’s a silent historical discourse.
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