我平日读书,很留意旧学者身上的小事。这些小事与学术无关,但那些学者却因了这些小事更让人肃然起敬。这些小事,多属掌故趣闻一类,对这些东西,是想由小见大,从点滴处见宽阔。小事多了,也能说明大问题。旧学者身上,都有一点让人感动的东西,而我们现在要从新学者身上真正找一点让 I read books on a regular basis and I pay attention to the trifles of the old scholars. These little things have nothing to do with the academic, but those scholars are even more awe-inspiring because of these small things. These little things are mostly anecdote, and for these things we want to see the big things from small to large. Little more, but also to illustrate the big problem. There is something touching about the old scholar, and now we really need to find something new from the new scholar