三十多年前我初入中学读书时,偶然一个机会读到一九一八年四卷三期《新青年》上刊登的王敬轩反对新文学运动的公开信和刘半农的复信,当时对这两封信极感兴趣,但是直到一九三五年才知道所谓“王敬轩”者,实在没有这么一个人。王敬轩是谁?本年《读书》半月刊12期上有郑志堂同志的一篇短文,他引用了刘北茂先生的文章,说王敬轩是刘半农自己,我觉得这 More than 30 years ago when I first entered secondary school, I occasionally had a chance to read the remarks of Wang Jingxuan, an open letter against the New Literary Movement and Liu Bannong, published in the New Youth of Volume Four and Volume III in 1918. At that time, However, it was not until 1935 that the so-called “Wang Jingxuan” was known. Who is Wang Jingxuan? This year’s “Reading” Half-monthly There is an essay by Comrade Zheng Zhitang on the 12th issue. He quoted Mr. Liu Bei-mao’s article saying that Wang Jingxuan is Liu Bannong himself and I think this