1918年,他出生于天津一个书香人家。在他很小的时候,有一天看到母亲捧着一本叫《红楼梦》的书出神,连从她身边经过都没发觉。他感到很好奇,不知这书究竟有什么魔力。后来,他上了南开中学,也终于明白了母亲为何对那一本书如痴如醉,他甚至还产生了要英译《红楼梦》的想法。1947年,正读燕京大学的他,试探着写了一篇红学文章,发表在当年的《民国日报》上。文章恰被胡适 In 1918, he was born in Tianjin, a scholarly family. When he was very young, one day saw his mother holding a book called “Dream of Red Mansions” book, did not even notice after passing by her. He was very curious, I do not know what the magic of this book. Later, he went to Nankai High School and finally understood why his mother was mesmerized by the book. He even had the idea of ​​translating “Dream of Red Mansions” into English. In 1947, he was reading Yanjing University, he tried to write a red school article, published in the “Republican Daily.” The article just Hu Shi