多年前,有人对我说:语文有什么好学的?更有甚者说:学语文有什么用?当时,我讲了庄子《逍遥游》中的一则寓言,寓言里享有防冻膏专利的宋国一家人,只知把防冻膏用于漂洗丝絮;而向他们买了这项专利的客人,用这个方子游说吴王冬天和越国人在水上作战,结果在吴王大败越人后获得了一块封地。随后,我说语文是把金钥匙,不是没有用,关键是会用不会用。 Many years ago, someone said to me: What is language learning? What’s more to say: What’s the use of learning Chinese? At that time, I talked about a fable in Zhuangzi’s “Xiaoyao You” and the parable of antifreeze patents in the fable. The family of the country only knew to use antifreeze paste for rinsing the silk wadding; and the guests who bought the patent for them used this recipe to persuade Wu Wang to fight on the water with the Vietnamese in the winter and the result was lost after Wu King defeated the people. A block of land was obtained. Later, I said that language is a golden key and it is not useless. The key is that it will not be used.