“直如弦,死道边。曲如钩,反封侯。”两千多年前的谚语,被两千多年来的历史证明了它确是真理。读者案头张显清同志所著《严嵩传》,便是例证之一。历史上的严嵩虽然只有一个,但具有“严嵩品格”(作者的命词)的、大大小小的严嵩,却多的赛如牛毛。这类人物形成了一个历史政治现象,在历史上也起过作用,虽然是消极的。这一历史现象和这类人物的作用要求历史研究者予以解释。解释这类人物为什么能在历史上出现并且曾招人憎恨地活跃过两千年,他们起过什么作用。这大概就是显清同志撰写《严嵩传》的用意。 “Straight like a chord, the cul-de-sac” The song is like a hook, anti-captive. “The proverb, more than two thousand years ago, proved to be truth by more than two thousand years of history. The case of Yan SONG Biography by Comrade Zhang Xianqing at the desk of the reader is one example. Although there is only one history of Yan Song, but with ”Yan Song character “ (the author’s words), large and small, Yan Song, but more than enough. These figures formed a historical political phenomenon that also played a role in history, though it was negative. This historical phenomenon and the role of such figures require historical researchers to explain. Explain why they have been active in history for more than two thousand years and were once hated. What role have they played? This is probably the intention of Comrade Qing Yan wrote ”Yan Song Biography."