通过《天香》重返顾绣的历史现场当我得知王安忆以顾绣为题材写了一部长篇小说《天香》时,心里不免一记咯噔。我知道,与瓷器、漆器、竹雕、玉雕等早已商品化的“中国制造”相比,属于闺阁秘辛的顾绣,它的文献记载一直比较匮乏,发展线索也影影绰绰。以此为题材创作一部小说,极有可能太过技术化而成为一件吃力不讨好的事。当然,顾绣所留下的巨大空间,也给小说家驰骋想象力提供了足够的空间。我网购了这本小说,却没有马上阅读,让它 Through the “Tianxiang” return to the history of embroidery scene When I learned that Wang Anyi to Gu embroidery as the subject wrote a novel “Aroma”, the heart can not help but keep a note. I know that compared with the “Made in China” commercialized by porcelain, lacquerware, bamboo sculptures and jade carvings, Gu embroiders, which belong to the delicate secrets of the boudoir, have been scarce and the clues for their development have made their mark. Using this as a theme to create a novel is very likely to be too technical and to become a thankless thing. Of course, Gu Xiu left a huge space, but also to the novelist gallop imagination provides enough space. I bought this novel online, but did not immediately read it