常常有青年朋友对我说,词比诗更难懂:诗的内容比较具体,不懂的地方看看注释,弄清楚诗外的背景和诗里的典故,就可以知道一个大概了;而词往往没有什么特别的背景,有时也不用什么典故,每个字都认识,每句词也能看明白, Often young friends say to me that words are more difficult to understand than poems: the contents of poems are more specific, the places where they do not understand are annotated, the background of poems and allusions in poems can be seen clearly, Often there is no special background, and sometimes no allusions, each word is recognized, every sentence can see clearly,