1985年冬,香港记者、女作家林湄到北京想采访钱钟书,怕遭到钱先生拒绝,就邀请时任《文艺报》副主编的吴泰昌先生帮忙。吴先生先打了个电话,被钱先生婉拒。无奈之下,吴泰昌决定来一次突然袭击。一天下午,他和林湄突然出现在钱钟书的家门口。一见面,钱钟书便笑哈哈地说“:泰昌,你没有引蛇出洞,又来瓮中捉鳖了……”由于林湄是带着香港文学杂志社社长刘一鬯先生的问候,加之吴泰昌又是老朋友,钱钟 In the winter of 1985, when Hong Kong journalist and female author Lin Mei to Beijing wanted to interview Qian Zhongshu for fear of Mr. Qian’s refusal, Mr. Wu Taichang, the deputy editor of the literary newspaper, was invited to help. Mr. Wu first called and was declined by Mr. Qian. In desperation, Wu Taichang decided to come to a sudden attack. One afternoon, he and Lin Mei suddenly appeared at the door of Qian’s book. As soon as he met, Qian shouted: “Taichang, you did not lead a snake out of a cave, but also to catch a turtle in a urn ...” As Lin Mei is with Hong Kong Literary Magazine President Liu Yixuan’s greetings, combined with Wu Taichang Is an old friend, money bell