应以中国文学为主要研究对象《中国比较文学》杂志的编辑同志邀我参加这个笔谈会。说实话,我倒更希望这是个“口谈会”;口谈,有交流、讨论之便,而笔谈则只能各抒己见,不管他人如何反应了。今天我不揣浅陋,谈一点自己对中国比较文学的想法,不妥之处,只能请同志们姑妄“看”之,日后再向我提出了。首先,我以为我们中国人搞比较文学,就应当以中国文学为主要研究对象。比较文学这个词是从西方传过来的,但“比较”这种方法却是中国古已有之。如果我们建立比较文学这门 Should be Chinese literature as the main research object “China Comparative Literature” magazine editor invited me to participate in this symposium. To be honest, I’d rather hope that this is a “verbal meeting”. My oral talk, exchanges and discussions will be more than just my own opinion, no matter how others react. Today, I do not pretend to be simple and shallow. I just talk about my own views on the comparative literature in China. It is inappropriate to ask comrades to “look” and ask them later. First of all, I think we Chinese should engage in comparative literature and take Chinese literature as the main research object. The term comparative literature came from the West, but the method of “comparison” is ancient in China. If we establish a comparative literature this door