每次走进上海博物馆,我都要在明清家具展馆驻足再三,细细打量那些由王世襄收藏过的家具。我说不清哪一件曾在他家里见过,但有一种特殊的好奇和亲切。多年前的一个冬日,那时他还住在芳嘉园的院落,我走进零乱简陋的房间里与他面对。火炉不旺,屋里有些冷。但是,听他谈熟悉的友人,听他谈自己的往事,一时间,我感到物质的因素在这个居室仿佛处在极不起眼的位置。他那种对文化的执著,那种与众不同的对艺术收藏所持的迷恋,漫溢出精神的暖意。“我是不务正业。”每次说到自己的经历,这位30年代燕京大学的学生,总是这样自嘲。可是,他正是从这种“不务正业”中,不经意地履行着一个文化人的历史使命。 Every time I walk into the Shanghai Museum, I have to stop and stop at the Ming and Qing furniture exhibition hall, carefully look at those furniture collections by Wang Shixiang. I can not tell which one was ever seen in his house, but there is a special curiosity and kindness. One winter many years ago, when he was still living in the courtyard of Fangjiayuan, I went into the messy room with him. The stove is not busy, the room is a bit cold. However, listening to him to familiar friends, listen to him talk about their own past, for a time, I feel the material factors in this room seems to be in a very humble position. His dedication to culture, the kind of unique fascination with the art collection, overflowing the spirit of warmth. “Every time I talk about my own experience, the Yanji University student of the 1930s always made such a self-deprecating remark. However, he is precisely from this ”do nothing ", inadvertently to fulfill the historical mission of a cultural person.