国际比较文学学会第历届莱顿年会闭幕了。中国努力了6年，却以44票之差败给了毫无比较文学根基的南非，未能取得2000年会的主办权。作为申办的负责人之一，我在对自己的工作进行反思的同时，也对国际比较文学界的大环境有了较为清醒的认识，并自认为可从中汲取有益于中国比较文 The first annual Leiden meeting of the International Society of Comparative Literature ended. After six years of hard work, China lost 44 votes to South Africa, which lacks a comparative literary foundation, and failed to secure the right to host the 2000 conference. As one of the responsible persons for the bidding, while reviewing my own work, I also have a more sober understanding of the general situation of the international comparative literature community and consider myself to be able to draw lessons from the comparative benefits of China