英国文学史上有一文人,1755年出版了《英语大词典》,此人在对英国文学影响极大,这个人就是英国十八世纪后半世纪最后一位文坛“盟主”塞缪尔·约翰逊博士。在文学史上,他还写过一封被成为“文人的独立宣言”的信,这就是“约翰逊致切斯特菲尔德伯爵的信”。该信语言精美,文辞犀利,堪称英语中信函中的经典,在英语文学史上也对后人影响巨大。然而由于种种原因,人们对这篇文章的欣赏往往不够到位。基于此,笔者特撰本文以便帮助读者欣赏。 A writer in the history of British literature, in 1755 published a “Dictionary of English”, this person has a great influence on British literature, this person is the British second half of the eighteenth century, the last literary “leader ” Samuel Johnson Dr. In the history of literature, he also wrote a letter that became the “Declaration of Independence of the Literati,” which is “Johnson’s letter to Count Chesterfield.” The letter language beautiful, sharp rhetoric, called the classic letter in English, in the history of English literature is also a great influence on posterity. However, due to various reasons, people’s appreciation of this article is often not enough. Based on this, I author this article in order to help readers appreciate.