我是在上世纪80年代中期接触和关注象征问题的,到现在已有十多年了。其间,虽然也偶而读到一两种有关民俗象征和文学象征的图书,但总是感觉被一种无法言说的学术寂寞所笼罩。收到瞿明安先生寄来他本人和居阅时先生共同主编、许多熟悉的老朋友参与撰著的《中国象征文化》一书,真有点儿喜不自禁。这部著作的出版,多少带来一些把这种学术上的寂寞感 I have been in contact with and paying attention to the symbolic issues in the mid-1980s for more than a decade now. In the meantime, though one or two books on folk symbols and literary symbols are occasionally read, they always feel being overshadowed by an unspeakable academic loneliness. It is really a blessing to receive the book “Chinese Symbol Culture” by Mr. Qu Mingan when he was sent to him and his wife, and many familiar old friends participated in the book. The publication of this book, how much to bring some of this academic sense of loneliness