大约是在十年前的北大校友返校节,行健同志对我说他正筹划组织人力编写一部《现代汉语规范词典》。这样一部能够让人遵循的规范化词典确实是社会上所急需的,编词典本就是一件费力不讨好的事,要想编出一部以“规范”命名的词典,就更难,更容易让人挑毛病。我佩服他的勇气,也着实 About a decade ago, alumni from Peking University returned to school, and Comrade Xing Jian told me that he was planning to organize manpower to compile a Dictionary of Modern Chinese Norms. Such a standardized dictionary that can be followed by people is really urgently needed in society. Writing a dictionary is an arduous task. It is even harder and easier to compile a dictionaries named as “norms.” Make mistakes. I admire his courage, but also real