我历来持如是观点:凡在历史上有大影响或持久影响的学说大凡含有合理可取的因素,大凡也有片面疏漏之处。因此,我不主张绝对赞成或绝对反对某一学说。再好的学说都是可以也应当怀疑的,所谓批判地吸收就是此意,尤其在社会科学领域里。从我步入大学至今,这一观点越来越明确,越来越强烈,而这一态度又影响着我学术道路的选择。在北大读书听课的难忘岁月里,我饱受朱德熙师的学术思想的熏陶;在参加《现代汉语八百词》的编写过程中,我有幸在吕叔湘师的指导下学步;而在教书答疑写作的实践中,我又不得不面对众多的学说,众多的选择。这一切使我越益强烈地感到必须探寻不同学说合理因素的汇合点或结合点,而不能简单地取此弃彼,痛快了事。从这里开始,我便甘愿冒失败的风险,踏上自己选定的道路,摸索着,试探着,去寻找那尚不知晓的汇合点或结合点,寻找一种新的学术境界。 I have always held the view that any doctrine that has had a great or lasting impact in history generally contains elements that are reasonable and desirable and there are also omissions on the one side. Therefore, I do not advocate absolutely agree or absolutely oppose a certain doctrine. Even the best doctrine can and should be doubted, the so-called critical absorption is intended, especially in the field of social sciences. Since I entered college, this view has become clearer and stronger, and this attitude has influenced my choice of academic path. During the unforgettable years of reading and listening at Peking University, I was greatly influenced by the academic thoughts of Zhu De-hei. During the course of compiling “Eight Hundred Words of Modern Chinese”, I was fortunate enough to have a toddler’s education under the guidance of Lv Shuxiang. However, Writing practice, I have to face the numerous doctrines, numerous choices. All this made me feel more and more strongly that I must find the meeting point or the meeting point of the rational factors of different doctrines, and I should not be able to take it easy and take it easy. From here, I would be willing to take the risk of failure, set foot on the path I have chosen, groping, exploring and searching for the unrecognized confluence point or point of convergence in search of a new academic realm.