上世纪末,很多学者从各种角度对古典文学研究做过总结性的回顾与前瞻,那时的调子比较乐观。但近几年来在一些学术会议上,听到的议论则趋向悲观。古典文学研究似乎受到多方面的压力,一是相邻学科的压力,很多学者认为古典文学研究不如历史学;还有一些年青学者觉得现当代文学出成果又快又多,不像古典文学研究那样灰头土脸。二是海外汉学的压力,觉得西方汉学的观点方法比我们新,加上近年来从官方到学界都特别尊崇欧美学者,似乎国内学者总是低人一头。三是我们自己的压力,这些年古典文学研究突破性成果不如20世纪80、90年代多,连日本学者也有类似的评价。此外 At the end of last century, many scholars made concluding remarks on the study of classical literature from a variety of perspectives. At that time, the tone was more optimistic. However, in some academic conferences in recent years, the arguments heard have tended to be pessimistic. Classical literature seems to be subject to many pressures, one is the pressure of the adjacent disciplines, many scholars think that the study of classical literature is not as good as history; there are some young scholars think modern and contemporary literature results faster and more, unlike the classical literature that Delusional Second, the pressure of overseas Sinology, western view of Western sinology point of view than we are new, plus in recent years from the official to the academic community are particularly respected European and American scholars, it seems that domestic scholars are always low. Third, our own pressure, the breakthrough achievements in classical literature research in these years are not as good as those in the 1980s and 1990s, and even Japanese scholars also have similar evaluations. In addition