“扫黄”不可懈怠肖莹不久前，笔者看到一位从事训信学研究的老先生给有关部门写的信，建议将＂扫黄＂改为＂扫秽＂或＂排污除秽＂。老先生的出发点是不愿意这些精神垃圾贬损了汉语言文字中以黄色为尊的末义，这虽嫌迂腐了一些，但的确揭示了＂扫黄＂旨在清除精神垃圾的本... Not long ago, the author saw a letter written by an old man engaged in the study of credit information to relevant departments, and suggested that “pornography” should be replaced by “pornography” or “pollution removal”. The old man’s starting point is that he does not want these spiritual rubbish to detract from the meaning of the yellow language in the Chinese language. Although this is somewhat pedantic, it does reveal that the “anti-vice” aims at removing mental waste.