建华嘱我为他即将出版的新著《革命与形式——茅盾早期小说的现代性展开(1927—1930)》写篇序,我很高兴而且歉仄,赶快答应了下来。在他的《中国江浙地区十四至十七世纪社会意识与文学》和《“革命”的现代性——中国革命话语考论》两部著作问世以前,都曾要我写序,我也都曾答应过;结果一篇也没有写。因为这两部书稿我均仔细读过,认为它们富于创见,是很有价值的学术著作,所以想 Jianhua asked me to write down the preface for his forthcoming new book, “Revolution and Form - The Modernity of Mao Dun’s Early Novels (1927-1930)”, and I am glad and apologized and promised me promptly. Before I published his two books, “Social Consciousness and Literature of the 14th to 17th Centuries in China, Jiangsu and Zhejiang Provinces,” and “Modernity of the Revolution,” “The Textual Research of the Chinese Revolutionary Discourse,” Have also promised; the result did not write. Because I have read both of these two manuscripts carefully and think they are rich in ideas and valuable academic writings,