说起我国的四大文学名著,其地位已够稳固。总的说来已不可动摇。对于一般读者来说,绝大多数恐怕从无任何质疑,甚至认为其完美得无可挑剔,这只是一个方面的情况。其实从另一方面说,在一些枝枝节节上从来还是有些说辞的,甚至还存在某些争议。譬如:成书的过程啦,作者的确定性啦,版本的种类啦,更不必说作品的思想倾向、与史实的关系等问题,都存在着相当的探求空间。简言之,绝对不是无话可说的。笔者在这里所要说的,是长期以来对《三国演义》和《水浒传》的某些想法。 Speaking of the four major literary works of our country, its status has been stable enough. On the whole has not unshakable. For the average reader, I am afraid most of them without any doubt, or even considered perfect impeccable, this is only one aspect of the situation. In fact, on the other hand, there have always been some rhetoric in some branches and even some controversies. For example: the process of writing a book, the author’s certainty, the version of the type of friends, not to mention the ideological tendencies of the work and the relationship between historical facts and other issues, there is a considerable space for exploration. In short, there is absolutely nothing to say. What the author wants to say here is that he has long been thinking of some of the “Three Kingdoms” and “Outlaws of the Marsh”.