這部讀書隨筆集《讀書毀了我》，自二○○○年面世以來，算上即將開印的此版一刷，二十四年間大陸簡體字版共推出五版，印了十刷(前兩次以《書之愛》之名)。繁體字版，以《書之愛》之名在台灣出過一版，印了一刷(大塊文化)；在香港出過三版，印了五刷(牛津大學出版社和BM本事出版)。二十多年歲月流過，竟還有認真的讀者尋找與閱讀本書，實在是作者當年未曾料到的。為避免對拿到是書卻尚未開卷的讀者可能產生的困惑，在出第四版時，作者特為此書擬了一個解釋性的英文副標題“Reading Reconstructs Me”(此版改為“The Reconstruction of a Self”)，既標示出「毀了我」之「毀」，乃是「再造我」之意，絕非時下「標題黨」之作為；亦透露出作為讀者的我，遨遊於思想、文字之大海時，對那些在我看來真正「有力量」的文字所高懸的評判準繩。有涯的生命裏，凡不能「毀了我」的文字，焉能令我一次又一次獲得徹頭徹尾的自我之「新生」(Vita Nova)？
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本書乃這個全球性課題至今為止的第一部專著。蓋自上世紀二三十年代起，鄂爾多斯地區發現了大量十字架造型的青銅牌符，並且以低價流通於文物市場，從而引起了西方來華傳教士及學者的注意。他們中的一些人認為這些是元代景教遺物。從此，不少有心人士開始大量收藏，一時成為收藏界和學術界熱門的話題。收藏者之中，以英國人聶克遜(F. A. Nixon)與美國人布朗(Mark Brown)為翹楚；學術界方面，有多國著名學者均對此有所探討，包括伯希和(Paul Pelliot)、穆爾(A. C. Moule)、明義士(James M. Menzies)、佐伯好郎(P. Y. Saeki)等等。現今，香港大學美術博物館藏有聶克遜捐贈的這一類文物舊藏近千枚，目前為世界第一。這批文物的發現史、收藏史、著錄史和相關的學術研究歷史，一向乏人問津；而且，從我們初步研究結果看，過去這些方面的從事者，會受到自身的信仰傾向、學術背景的影響，因此不同學者之間的分歧往往很大，未能做到互補長短。本文擬從這些方面入手，探討西方漢學在特定時間之獨特側面，並結合其他文獻、出土文物等相關資料，企圖賦予新的詮釋。我們認為：這批文物未必全屬景教遺存，亦未必全屬元代，蓋其所謂的「十字架」造型，與學術界已認定的唐元景教十字架的圖像(包括壁畫、絹畫和石刻)相差甚遠。而十字符號之文化內涵，源遠流長，即以中國而言，亦可追溯至殷商乃至更早；至於中亞，更毋庸待言。十字或類十字符號之功能，或與上古巫術息息相關，是亦有待將來更深入的探討。
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