法国思想家阿隆曾说,“历史是活人为着活人而重建的死者的生活”,到意大利人克罗齐那里,就浓缩成“一切历史都是现代史”这句格言,我们其实并没有历史,只有死者所记录的生活片断,以及生者对这些片断所进行的建构性缝合。因此生者很大的义务之一就在于记录,以待来者,而20多年来急剧变迁的中国,恰恰是最值得记录的。从这个意义上说,和知识分子相比,我们更需要一些“知道分子”, Aron, a French thinker, once said: “History is the life of the dead who were rebuilt by the living people for living.” To the Italian Crozier, it is condensed into the maxim that “all history is modern history.” We did not actually History, only the pieces of life recorded by the dead, as well as the living suture of these fragments by the constructive. Therefore, one of the great obligations of the living beings is to record and wait for those who come. For the rapidly changing China over the past 20 years, it is precisely the most noteworthy record. In this sense, we need more “intellectuals” than intellectuals,