金圣叹“腰斩”《水浒》一说 ,经鲁迅等学者的考证已为学界认同。然而 ,周岭于 1998年在《文学评论》上发表长文对此定论提出了“质疑”。该文经多家文摘报刊转载之后 ,在学界产生了较大的负面影响。本文认为 ,对某一问题哪怕是已形成了定论的问题提出“质疑” ,本是正常的无可厚非的学术自由。问题是 ,周岭一文不仅考据欠妥 ,而且多有抄袭他人之嫌 ,却居然在刊物上公开发表 ,这不能不说是一个严重的学风问题。本文对周岭一文的误谬之处进行了逐条批驳 ,对此文涉及的学风问题进行了严正批评 ,希望能够以正视听 Jin Shengtan “cut” “Water Margin” one said that the research by scholars such as Lu Xun has been recognized by the academic community. However, Zhou’s long article published in “Literary Review” in 1998 put forward “doubt” on this conclusion. After the article has been reprinted by a number of digest newspapers, it has had a great negative impact in academia. This article argues that it is normal and understandable academic freedom to ask questions about a certain issue even if it is a matter that has already reached a conclusion. The problem is that the one article of Zhou Ling not only failed to test the evidence, but also plagiarized others but was actually published in journals. This can not but be regarded as a serious problem of style of study. This article criticizes Zhou Ling’s article one by one and criticizes the mistakes of the article one by one,