尽管学术界早已习惯于以“批评”代替过去习用的“评论”,但是我们依然缺乏批评精神。如今在中国,任何一部平庸甚至低劣的书都有可能堂而皇之地以高规格举行研讨会,并请出一干重量级的人物作点缀。许多评论家从不拒绝参加任何作家、作品的研讨会,他们把这些研讨会当作唱堂会。 Although academics have long accustomed to replacing “criticism” with past “comments”, we still lack the critical spirit. Nowadays in China, any mediocre or even inferior book may openly hold seminars with high standards and invite heavyweights to embellish them. Many critics never refuse to attend any seminar of writers and works, and they regard these seminars as singing sessions.