曾几何时,余秋雨的历史文化大散文无远弗届,产生了一种类似啤酒节的“狂欢”。但随着时间的推移,一经理性审视,就不难发现,余秋雨的历史文化大散文也在皮袍中暗藏着“小”。文献固然不缺(有时连孤证都派上了用场),文学趣味也时时点染其间,拉开“鸟瞰”的功架,驰骋想像的野马,但只不过是撒豆成兵,虚张声势。正如钱基博评价“五四”之后的新散文,初读喜,继读疑,终读诋。通俗地说,刚开始阅读,确实有些别开生面,让人眼前一亮。但接着读下去,就败像显现了——在一个先行的理 Once upon a time, Yu Qiuyu’s historical and cultural essays are far-reaching, creating a “carnival” similar to Oktoberfest. However, with the passage of time, after a rational examination, it is not hard to find that the great historical and cultural prose of Yu Qiuyu is also hidden in the leather robe. Although there is no shortage of literature (sometimes even the use of lone witnesses comes in handy), literary tastes are sometimes dotted with merit, opening up the gantry of “bird’s eye view” and imagining wild horses. Just as Qian Jibo commented on the new essay after “May Fourth”, he started reading hi, followed suspicion and finally read slander. To put it in a nutshell, when you first started to read, it really did make a difference. But then read on, it seems defeated - in a precedent