1947年,正在燕京大学读书的周汝昌写了一篇关于《红楼梦》研究的文章,发表在了当年的《民国日报》上。胡适在看到这篇文章后,很欣赏周汝昌独到而大胆的观点,于是就给他写了一封信,在信中对他的观点作了评价。年轻气盛的周汝昌接到胡适的这封信后,很不服气,立刻动手写了封回信予以反驳。很快,胡适又回了信。一来二去,两个人在书信中开始了观点的碰撞,并且成为了 In 1947, Zhou Ruchang, who was studying at Yanjing University, wrote an essay on the study of A Dream of Red Mansions, which was published in the “Republican Daily” of that year. After Hu’s read this article, he appreciates Zhou Ruchang’s unique and bold viewpoint, and wrote a letter to him in which he commented on his point of view. Zhou Ruchang young and energetic received this letter Hu Shi, very unconvinced, immediately wrote a letter to refute. Soon, Hu Shi back to the letter. By and by, the two began a collision of perspectives in the epistle and became