德国伟大的诗人歌德说过:“理论悉为灰色,生命之树长青。”确实,唯有那生命之树,拔地参天,生机无限,令我们感叹,使我们赞美。如今,放在我们书柜里时时备查的《现代汉语方言大词典》42种分卷本和6大册综合本,对于我们来说有如这生命之树。何以见得?请看:“语言的研究离不开语言的事实。对语言的科学认识,要从语言事实分析归纳出来,又要经受 Goethe, the great poet of Germany, said: “The theory is gray and the tree of life is evergreen.” Indeed, the only tree of life that stands in vain is the infinite vitality, making us sigh and make us praise. Today, the 42 sub-volumes and 6 volumes of Modern Chinese Dialects Dictionary, which are kept in our bookcases for future reference, are like trees for us. See why? See: "The study of language is inseparable from the fact that the language of the scientific understanding, from the fact that the language to sum up, but also to withstand