某种程度上,妄图对“民间”概念做任何有效的界定都是十分困难的;然而研究前提的不确定性并没有妨碍对学界对“民间”进行言说的热度。经过了纷繁复杂地对民间“想象”与“建构”之后,知识界最初信誓旦旦为“为民间代言”的冲动渐渐被现实抚平。事实上,一旦我们进入到“民间”这个向量中来,便面临着两个陷阱:第一,即单纯地为作为概念的“民间”圈定范围最后却只能徒劳地结束;第二,便是高高在上的妄图为“民间”作代言, To some extent, it is very difficult to vouch for any effective definition of the concept of “folk”; however, the uncertainty of the research premise does not hinder the enthusiasm of scholars in speaking to “folk”. After a complicated process of “imagination” and “construction” of the people, the impulse of the intellectual community to vow as “the endorsement of the people for the people” was gradually healed by the reality. In fact, once we enter into the vector of “folk”, we face two pitfalls: first, simply delineating the sphere as the concept of “folk” ends up in vain; Second, it is a vain attempt to “civil” as an endorsement,