明清易代,是中国历史上少有的一大变局。作为历史承担者的明清之际的文人,其人其行其文,多有迥异于传统之处,散发着别样的魅力,对今天知识分子的主体意识和言说姿态不无启示意义。以赵园的《明清之际士大夫研究》为代表的一批著作成为名著,其缘由就在于此。新近出版的刘保昌先生的《夜雨江湖:李渔传》,则可视为 The Ming and Qing Dynasties, a rare change in Chinese history. As the historical bearers, the literati at the time of the Ming and Qing Dynasties had their own ways of writing, which were quite different from the traditional ones, exuding a different kind of charisma, which is of no significance to the subjective consciousness and speech attitude of today’s intellectuals. Zhao Yuan’s “Ming and Qing Dynasties Scholar-doctor research” as the representative of a group of works become famous, the reason lies in this. The newly published Mr. Liu Baochang’s “Rainy Lake: Li Yu Chuan”, can be regarded as