钱钟书先生的《旧文四篇》是一部篇幅不大的集子,它包括这四篇论文:《中国诗与中国画》、《读<拉奥孔>》、《通感》和《林纾的翻译》。除了末一篇以外,前三篇都涉及诗、画以及音乐这三方面。在《中国诗与中国画》中,著者谦虚地说:“诗和画既然同是艺术,应该有共同 Mr. Qian’s book Four Old Verses is a small collection of four articles that includes these four essays: Chinese Poetry and Chinese Paintings, Reading Laocoon, Sense of Synaesthesia, Lin Shu translation. “ In addition to the last one, the first three are related to poetry, painting and music in these three areas. In ”Chinese Poetry and Chinese Painting,“ the author modestly said: ”Since poetry and painting are both art, there should be common