钱理群的学术起步是周作人研究。上世纪七十年代末八十年代初,我们读研究生那时,还没有什么学分制,课也很少,就是自己读书,有时有个讨论会,由某个同学主讲一个题目,大家讨论,导师王瑶做总结,点拨一下。记得当时老钱讲的就是周作人。老钱看过周作人很多材料,讲得很投入,有理有据,我们都很佩服。后来做毕业论文,老钱就选了研究周作人的题 Qian Liqun’s academic start is Zhou Zuoren research. In the late seventies and early eighties of last century, when we were graduating students, there was no credit system, there were few courses, that is, we read books, and sometimes there was a seminar. A classmate led a topic for discussion. The instructors Wang Yao to conclude, tap. I remember when the old money is talking about people. The old money looked a lot of material Zhou Zuoren, put it very well, well-founded, we all admire. Later to do the dissertation, the old money chose to study Zhou Zuoren’s question