仿佛已经遥远得像上世纪似的,确切些说,是上世纪末的1997年,我正式调入出版社不久,经过朋友介绍,认识了中国社科院近代史所的杨天石先生。杨先生六十岁左右,身材挺拔,显露出南方人的精明睿智,依稀可见当年玉树临风的英姿。聊天中得知,杨先生在政协办的《团结报》上有一个“说文谈史”专栏,发表的是古今文史的轶闻趣事。我所在的单位以出版小说、散文、 It seems as if it is far away from the last century. To be specific, it was the end of last century. In 1997, I formally transferred to the publishing house and soon after I introduced my friend, I met Mr. Yang Tianshi, a modern history of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences. Mr. Yang is about sixty years old, tall and straight, showing the wisdom of southerners, faintly visible Yushu Linfeng heroic. It was learned in the chat that Mr. Yang had a column on “Talking and Writing History” in the “Solidarity Newspaper” run by the CPPCC. He published anecdotal stories of ancient and modern history. My unit to publish novels, essays,