01钱锺书《论俗气》,见人所未见,发人所未发,可谓精辟独到:因此我们暂时的结论是:当一个人让一桩东西俗的时候,这一个东西里一定有这个人认为太过火的成分,不论是形式上或是内容上。这个成分的本身也许是好的,不过,假使这个人认为过多了(too much of a good thing),包含这个成分的整个东西就要被判为俗气。所以俗气不是负面的缺陷(default),是正面过失(fault)。骨瘦如柴的福尔摩斯是不会被 01 Qian Zhongshu’s theory of “tacky tackles” can not be seen until now. It can be said to be incredibly unique: therefore we tentatively conclude that when a person makes something vulgar, there must be this one thing People think too much of the ingredients, either formally or in content. The ingredient itself may be good, but if the person thinks too much of a good thing, the whole thing containing the ingredient is judged as tacky. So tacky is not a negative one, it’s a positive fault. Scraggly Holmes will not be