初识凌宇先生是大约十年前在南京。1999年初夏,凌宇先生应邀来南京大学中文系主持博士论文答辩。我当时就读于南京大学中国现当代文学专业,师从许志英先生和朱寿桐先生攻读文学博士学位。其时我在南京大学脱产学习已届五年,从硕士到博士,本欲一心向学,不料困窘的家境使我平添几分后顾之忧———1998年下半年因妻子下岗,一家老小几近陷入“断炊”的困境,导师许志英先生得 First met Mr. Ling Yu was in Nanjing about ten years ago. In the early summer of 1999, Mr. Ling Yu was invited to presided over the doctoral dissertation defense at the Chinese Department of Nanjing University. I was studying Chinese Modern and Contemporary Literature at Nanjing University, where I studied for a Ph.D. degree from Mr. Xu Zhiying and Mr. Zhu Shouchong. At that time I graduated from Nanjing University has been studying for five years, from master to doctoral, bent to learn, unexpectedly embarrassing family made me add a bit worries - the second half of 1998 laid off by his wife, almost a young man near Into the “cooking” the plight of the mentor Mr. Xu Zhiying too