原本没有必要为一种文体翻案 ,但中国“八股文”烙上的政治印痕太深太多 ,在它身上牵连了太多沉重的话题。它似乎牵连着中国政治从古至今某根敏锐的神经。在世界范围内没有哪一个国家的哪一种文体 ,像中国的八股文一样大起大落搅浑了 6 0 0年的历史。八股文原本也只是文章学家 Originally there was no need to reverse the case for a style, but the political impression on China’s “eight-legged essay” was too deep, and it was involving too many heavy topics in it. It seems to be implicating a keen nerve of Chinese politics from ancient times to the present. There is no style in any country in the world, and the ups and downs of China’s eight-part essay upset the history of 600 years. Eight-legged writing was originally an essayist