不知从什么时候起,副刊上的杂文(其实也不止杂文),出现了一个新的现象:引用古文或者从古人说起。当然,我并不反对这样作,也有许多这样的文章是写得很动人、很有文彩的。但是,这并不能证明杂文都必须这样写。引用得好,固然可以给杂文增添文彩,不引用古文,也不一定没有文彩,而引用得不好,却一定不会增添半点文彩。若是篇篇如是,先引用一段“古人说”或者古人的故事,然后加上作者的若干解释,形成杂文的一种固定的“程式”,那么杂文的 I do not know since when the essay on supplements (in fact, more than essays), there has been a new phenomenon: reference to ancient times or from the ancients. Of course, I have no objection to doing so. Many of these articles are very touching and colorful. However, this does not prove that essays must be written like this. Quoting well, although you can add text color to the essay, do not quote the ancient text, not necessarily no text color, and the reference is not good, but it will certainly not add the slightest color. If the article is the case, first quote a “story of the ancients” or the story of the ancients, and then add the author’s explanation, the formation of essays a fixed “program”, then the essay