袁见的《天请问》(上海书店出版社,2012年11月版)应该属于那一路由鲁迅《故事新编》发端,又经施蛰存、冯至等发扬光大的历史小说;但是,其创作兴味比起前辈来,确乎要执著于历史更多:既是那些具体乃至琐碎的历史细节,又是某种宏大的历史叙事。比如《从大悲寺到普林斯顿大学》这篇,所下的史料工夫就实在惊人,有 Yuan Jian’s “Heaven Excuse me” (Shanghai Bookstore Publishing House, November 2012 edition) belongs to the historical novel that was started by Lu Xun’s “New Stories” and went through Shi Zhecun and Feng Zhi. However, his creation Interest than predecessors, indeed, to be attached to more history: both those specific and even trivial historical details, but also some grand historical narrative. For example, “From Great Dabei Temple to Princeton University,” this article, under the historical data is amazing, there