我在1955年入北京大学中文系读书时,吴组缃先生教古代文学,我听过他讲明清文学史、“《红楼梦》研究”专题和“《聊斋志异》研究”专题。他以现代著名小说家的眼力剖析古代文学,时发新见,十分精彩,深受同学欢迎。当时我不了解吴先生,把他当成是专门教古代文学的教授,后来一位高年级学长告诉我,1952年全国高校院系调整,他从清华调到北大后,一直教的是现代文学,直到1955年才转教古代文学。我深以无缘聆听他讲解现代文学为憾。1959年,讲现代文学史的王瑶先生因为他的《新文学史稿》正 When I was a student of Chinese Department of Peking University in 1955, I taught him ancient Chinese literature. I heard him tell the history of Qing literature, “The Study of A Dream of Red Mansions” and “The Study of Strangers from a Lonely Studio”. He analyzed the ancient literature with the eyes of the modern well-known novelist, and made new suggestions when he was very wonderful and welcomed by his classmates. At that time, I did not know Mr. Wu and regarded him as a professor specialized in ancient literature. Later, a senior seniors told me that in 1952, after the adjustment of colleges and universities in China, he transferred from Tsinghua to Peking University and has been teaching modern literature. It did not turn to ancient literature until 1955. I am deeply intolerance to listen to him to explain the modern literature is regrettable. In 1959, Mr. Wang Yao, who spoke the history of modern literature, was positive because of his “History of New Literature.”