我之认识彭名燕,先是读她的作品,然后才见到其人,并逐渐有了交往。这同认识别的作家的过程大致是相同的。唯一不同的是,从读她的作品到见到她本人其间大概有十年左右,可以说相当长。彭名燕原来就住在北京,与我同住在一座城市,但是并不认识。她从影视表演转向文学创作之后,也只是读她的小说。记得她常在中国青年出版社主办的《小说》杂志上发表中短篇小说,我是读到过的。八十年代后期,她的一些中短篇小说结集在中国青年出版社出版,名为《公关小姐外传》,也曾托人带给我一册,我也读 My understanding of Peng Ming Yan, first read her work, and then only to see their people, and gradually have contacts. This is roughly the same process as recognizing other writers. The only difference is that it can be quite lengthy to read her work and see her for about ten years or so. Peng Mingyan originally lived in Beijing, living with me in a city, but did not know. After she switched from film and television to literary creation, she just read her novels. I remember she often in the China Youth Press sponsored “novels” magazine published short stories, I read. In the late 1980s, some of her short stories were published in the China Youth Press, entitled “The Story of Miss PR,” and I have also been entrusted to bring me a book