巴金的《随想录》是在1978年底开始写作,发表在香港《大公报》的。刚开始时不过是应编者老朋友潘际垌之约而写,并无长远的写作计划。只是稍后发现在该地该报发文章相对来说比较自由。因为他在经历“文革”以及前几十年的惨痛经验以后, 渴望独立思考,再也不要“奴在心者”。他觉得写这样的随想,可以比较及时表达自己 Ba Jin’s “Shangxiang Lu” started writing at the end of 1978 and was published in Hong Kong Ta Kung Pao. At the beginning, it was just written by an old friend, Pan Jiyong, who had written and no long-term writing plan. It was only later that it was relatively free to publish articles in the area. Because after experiencing the “Cultural Revolution” and the bitter experience of the previous decades, he is eager to think independently and never to “slave himself.” He feels that writing such random thoughts can express himself in a more timely manner