昆山中学校友王家范教授赠我一册《漂泊航程——历史长河中的明清之旅》,这是他的学术随笔结集。捧读后,勾起了很多联想。尤其是他在江南地区史研究中,关于经济和文化重心从苏州转移到上海的分析,提出了一系列问题,诸如五口通商后,何以唯有上海能独占鳌头,获得非凡的成功?上 Professor Wang Jiafan, alumnus of Kunshan Middle School, presented me with a book entitled “Voyage of the Ming and Qing Dynasties in Ming History”, a collection of his academic essays. After reading, brought back a lot of associations. In particular, in his study of the history of the Jiangnan region, his analysis on the shift of economic and cultural center of gravity from Suzhou to Shanghai raises a series of questions, such as why only Shanghai can come out on top and receive extraordinary success after five trade exchanges.