上世纪七十年代中,我因校订《红楼梦》的事,经常要到扬州去。大家知道,扬州、南京是《红楼梦》作者曹雪芹祖辈的发祥地和衙署、居住地,也是曹雪芹童年到青少年成长的地方。他写《红楼梦》的主要生活素材,是取自他的故家,也取自他的舅祖李煦家,以及当时的社会现实。因之,扬州不 In the seventies of last century, I often go to Yangzhou because of the revision of the “Dream of Red Mansions.” As we all know, Yangzhou and Nanjing were the cradles and residences of Cao Xueqin’s ancestors who wrote “A Dream of Red Mansions”, and where Cao Xueqin grew up from childhood to adolescence. He wrote “A Dream of Red Mansions,” the main living material is taken from his hometown, but also from his uncle Li Xu home, and the social reality at the time. Because of this, Yangzhou does not