当我把徐宗涛先生这本《苹楼夕照集》（以下简称《集》）捧在手里时，便被出乎寻常的书名和卷首《序》里先生那首诗所吸引。诗云：“枯枝嫩叶亦芳香。”这何尝不是先生退居十余年来辛勤读书、笔耕．所获甚丰的写照呢？又何尝不可用顾炎武“老树春深更著花”这句诗来概括呢？先? When I held Mr. Xu Zongtao’s “The Settlement of the Applesticks” (hereinafter referred to as “Set”) in his hand, he was drawn to the unusual title and the poem “Mr. Xu” in that volume. Poetry goes: “Withered leaves also fragrant.” This is not a gentleman who retreated more than ten years to study hard, writing. Very rich portrayal of it? Why not use Guyan Wu “old tree spring more flowers,” this poem to sum it up? first?