细心的读者是否留意到,有只每小时慢七分钟的老爷钟在《围城》中反复出现了八次之多?这老爷钟象征着什么?为什么要反复出现?它和“围城”有何关系?它和主人公方鸿渐又有什么关系呢?我们先来分析这个“时间落伍的计时机”的几个特点:回归性——它的指针无论怎么走,都是在打圈圈, Careful readers have noticed that there are only eight clocks, seven clocks slow and seven minutes slow, in the “siege” recurring eight times? What is the symbol of the classic clock? Why recur? What is the relationship with the “siege” What does it have to do with the protagonist Fang Hongjian? Let us first analyze the characteristics of this “time-lapse timer”: Regression - No matter how its pointer goes, it is in a circle,