九月中旬还在Boulder时,剑梅告诉我,上海交通大学中文系夏中义教授发来电邮,希望我能为他的新著《朱光潜美学十辨》作序。无需多想,我立即答应了。因为,不管我作不作序,夏中义的论著我每部必读,而且总是被他的学术语言所吸引。读他的书没有痛苦,只有快乐。从读《新 While still in Boulder in mid-September, Jianmei told me that Professor Xia Zhongyi from the Department of Chinese at Shanghai Jiaotong University sent an e-mail and hope I can preface to his new book, “Zhu Guangqian Aesthetics”. Needless to say, I immediately agreed. Because, no matter what order I made, Xia Zhongyi’s treatises are each must-read and are always attracted by his academic language. Reading his book is not painful, only happy. From reading "new