我写过一些文章,被有些人说成是散文,大概就是散文了吧。但究竟何为散文?我从来没有明确的看法。诗歌、戏剧乃至小说都有较为明显的形式特征,比较容易鉴别,也比较容易言说。似乎唯有散文的形式最为自由,自由到了几无形式的地步,也就是说差不多到了无规可循无法可从的地步。正因为如此,散文便最容易入门。但同样是因为如此,散文也就最不容易写好。其原因也简单:一旦没 I have written some articles that some people have described as prose. Probably it is prose. But what exactly is prose? I have never had a clear opinion. Poems, plays, and even novels all have more obvious formal features, which are easier to identify and easier to speak. It seems that only the forms of prose are the most liberal, and freedom comes to a point where there is no formality, that is, to the extent that irregularity cannot be followed. Because of this, essays are the easiest to get started. But also because of this, prose is also the least easy to write. The reason is also simple: once it is not