历史上许多大作家都一生清贫。曹雪芹写《红楼梦》时穷得全家喝粥,贫困的朱自清无钱买粮,在贫病交加中死去。这些历史显示的伤痛,使得作家们会用“面苍然,发皤然,满腹诗书不值钱”来形容自己的窘境。作家的稿费收入是在市场化的进程中才开始变得骄人的。特别是最近几年来,从圈里接二连三地爆出一些作家百万身价的新闻。但回望历史,也有一些让人兴奋的故事。 Many great writers in history have been poor all their lives. When Cao Xueqin wrote The Dream of Red Mansions, he was too poor to have family porridge, poor Zhu Zizheng had no money to buy food, and died in poverty and disease. These historical pains show that writers can describe their own dilemmas by using “facial blemishes, hair straightening, full of poems and worthless”. The royalties of writers began to become remarkable in the marketization process. Especially in recent years, one after another from the circle broke some writer million worth news. But looking back at history, there are some exciting stories as well.