《主角与配角——近代中国大转型的台前幕后》的酝酿前后有十几年之久。1995年夏天,我就从“主角与配角”这个角度写了第一篇文章。之后的10年中,我一直在继续读史、思考,从自古以来主角意识的畸形发达和配角意识的匮乏,进一步想到群角意识的缺席,最后在2004年初决定从 “The protagonist and supporting role - the great Chinese modern transition stage behind the scenes” brewing for more than a decade. In the summer of 1995, I wrote the first article from the perspective of “protagonist and supporting actor.” In the following 10 years, I have been continuing to read and think about history. Since ancient times, there has been a lack of awareness of the protagonist’s anomaly and the lack of awareness of supporting roles. I further thought of the absence of clustering consciousness and finally decided in early 2004