对保罗·约翰逊及其《知识分子》（江苏人民出版社 ,一九九九年）来说 ,知识分子之成为问题是由于他们在现实生活中的立身处世方式严重地乖背于他们的书面布道。因此 ,就概念的外延而言 ,当下广受质疑的是这样一类人 ,他们主要就政治观念、社会伦理、个人道德品质、行为规范等 To Paul Johnson and his “intellectuals” (Jiangsu People’s Publishing House, 1999), intellectuals became the problem because of their grave deviations from their written preaching in their real life. Therefore, as far as the concept of extension is concerned, what is widely questioned now is such a group of people who mainly deal with political concepts, social ethics, personal moral qualities, codes of conduct, etc.