近日,见到南帆这本新著《关于我父母的一切》(人民文学出版社,2004年1月出版),我很感兴趣,几乎是一口气给读完了。这固然因为作者是熟悉的,更主要的是这本书所写的大多是发生在50年代的旧事,我也算个“过来人”吧,读起来自然感到特别亲切;同时,我也的确遭遇到一次阅读的震撼!胡适先生当年力倡大家都来写自传,不论大人物小人物,那意思是要保存社会各个层面的直接资料,其旨高远。大人物写传那是天经地义的,他有功绩可以向后人夸耀,有隐衷需要向历史辩白,传记这种文体简直就 Recently, I was very interested to see Nan Fan’s new book, “All About My Parents” (People’s Literature Publishing House, January 2004), almost finished with a breath. This is because, of course, the author is familiar with, and most importantly, most of what he wrote in this book is the old thing that happened in the 1950s. I also considered it as a “comeover”, and it was naturally very special to read it. At the same time, Encountered a reading of the shock! Mr. Hu Shi advocated that we all write autobiography, regardless of big and small, it means to save the direct information at all levels of society, its purpose is lofty. It is perfectly justified to write a biography of the great man, he has meritorious deeds to the posterity boast, there is a hidden need to defend to history, biography of this style simply