本段出自清代張潮的《幽夢影》?!队膲粲啊分饕塾谝詢?yōu)雅的心胸、眼光去發(fā)現(xiàn)美的事物,可以說是求美的著作。書中沒有強烈的、尖銳的批評,只有不失風(fēng)度的冷嘲熱諷。而這些不平、諷刺,其表現(xiàn)形式也都是溫和的?!队膲粲啊愤@樣的書絕不是匕首投槍,而更像中藥里的清涼散。為《幽夢影》作序的石龐說張潮此書“以風(fēng)流為道學(xué),寓教化于詼諧”。
高語山林者,輒不善談市朝事、審若此則當并廢《史》《漢》諸書而不讀矣,蓋諸書所載皆古之市朝也。
Recluse scholars often disdain to discuss affairs of the government. But history is full of affairs of the government. Should one stop reading history, too? They cannot have meant it.