上世纪五十年代末六十年代初的西安,流传着作家柳青许多风趣幽默动人的故事。譬如,在他以中国作家和中国作协西安分会副主席的身份接待外宾时,总是把布鞋带在车上,下车换皮鞋,上车就是穿布鞋;一年四季都是农民式的布衣,叼个烟斗,走起路微微地弯着腰,活像个“小老头”,可他讲起 Xi’an in the late 1950s and early 1960s circulated many interesting and humorous stories about the writer Liu Qing. For example, when he received foreign guests as Chinese writers and vice presidents of the Chinese Writers’ Association, Xi’an Branch, he always took cloth shoes in his car and got off his shoes. On the train, he was wearing cloth shoes. He was peasant-style commoner all year round, Diao a pipe, walked slightly curved waist, like a “little old man,” but he talked about