孟子有云:“颂其诗,读其书,不知其人可乎?”(《万章下》),后人对此有不同理解。笔者认同章实斋所言,他在《文史通义·文德》中说:“不知古人之世,不可妄论古人之文辞也。知其世矣,不知古人之身处,亦不可以遽论其文也。”袁宏道在《与张幼于》中说:“见从己出,不曾依傍半个古人。”谭元春在《诗归序》中说:“法不前定,以笔所至为法。”这些灼见,笔者极表赞同,并努力引进到自己的研究工作中来。兹值《吴敬梓研究》(以下简称《吴研》)于 Mencius has said: “Songs of his poems, read the book, I do not know anyone’s care?” “(” Under Chapter “), future generations have different understandings. I agree with Zhang Shi Zhai, he said in ”Literary History Tongyi Wende“: ”I do not know the world of the ancients, can not be attributed to the ancients of the dictum. Know the world, I do not know where the ancients, we can not ignore The text also. “Yuan Hongdao in” and Zhang Youyu “said: ” See yourself from, and never had to rely on half an ancients. “Tan Yuanchun said in the” Poetry Preface “: , To pen for the law. ”“ These insights, the author extremely agree, and strive to introduce into their own research work. The value of ”Wu Jingzi Research“ (hereinafter referred to as ”Wu Yan") in