近些年,跟有些朋友谈天,我经常会感叹:现在的青少年们,实在是受教育程度太浅,在文史方面几乎没有任何学问。中国人特别是所谓读书人,确如鲁迅先生所说,是一代不如一代了。我的父亲那一辈,恐怕可以说是中国最后一代读书人,他今年已经八十六岁。但照他说,他的学问还是远不及他的父辈和祖辈们。而且在父亲眼里,我还只是会写几篇作文而已。 In recent years, when I talk to some friends, I often lament that there is really too little education in today’s adolescents and little or no knowledge of history and culture. Chinese, especially the so-called scholar, indeed, as Mr. Lu Xun said, is a generation less than a generation. My father’s generation, I am afraid, can be said that China’s last generation scholar, he is already 86 years old this year. However, according to him, his knowledge is still far behind his fathers and grandparents. And in the eyes of my father, I will only write a few essays.