德国著名汉学家、波恩大学教授顾宾,在评析当代中国为何难出大师时说,把1949年以前和以后的中国作家做一对比,就会发现1949年以前的大师们外语都不错。这话看似不错,但他只说对了一半。鲁迅、胡适、林语堂、张爱玲等人外语固然不错,其汉语功力在今日中国恐怕更是难遇其匹了。五四后的鲁迅,对于中国古代经典虽颇多微词,但如果他不精通中国典籍,就不会有大师称号了。 The famous German sinologist and professor at the University of Bonn, Gu Bing, criticized why it is difficult for masters in contemporary China to say that comparing the Chinese writers before and after 1949 with one another will find that the masters before 1949 were good at foreign languages. This remark looks good, but he only said half. Lu Xun, Hu Shi, Lin Yutang, Eileen Chang and others are good foreign languages, the Chinese skill in China today I am afraid it is even more difficult for its match. After the May Fourth Movement, Lu Xun made a number of criticisms of the ancient Chinese classics, but if he was not proficient in Chinese classics, he would not have the title of master.