张江先生所提出的“强制阐释论”问题,揭示了当下文学研究中普遍存在的一种现象,也引起了学术界的热烈讨论。显然,这一讨论涉及诸多重大的理论问题,也关系到当代中国文论的重建与创新。在此,我仅想就如何把握好“理论的限度”问题谈几点看法。换言之,唯有正确认识和把握理论的限度,才可能避免场外征用、主观预设、生搬硬套、削足适履等“强制阐释” Mr. Zhang Jiang’s question of “compulsory interpretation theory” reveals a common phenomenon in literary studies and has also caused heated discussions in academia. Obviously, this discussion involves many major theoretical issues as well as the reconstruction and innovation of contemporary Chinese literary theory. Here, I just want to talk about how to grasp the issue of “theoretical limit.” In other words, only by correctly understanding and grasping the limits of the theory can we avoid the extra-military expropriation, subjective pretensions,