九九年秋金华召开红学研讨会 ,笔者提交了一篇东西 ,主要是就《红楼梦》的成书过程谈了几点粗浅的感想。文末有一段针对题名问题的意见 ,在正式发表时删去了。① 题名问题关乎作品成书过程的全局 ,不是三言两语所能说清楚的。那篇东西已经足够冗长 ,不便发挥 ,割去尾巴是最简便 In the autumn of 1999, Jinhua held a seminar on redology. The author submitted an article mainly on some superficial feelings about the book-making process of “A Dream of Red Mansions.” At the end of the passage, there was a paragraph of comments on the title question that was deleted at the time of formal publication. ① The question of title relates to the whole process of writing a book, not a few words can make it clear. That article has been long enough to inconvenience play, the tail is the easiest cut