这是一本杂书。说其杂，是因为从体裁上说，本书所选的文章，有散文、杂文，也有随笔、论文，还有演讲稿、书信，并不统一，甚至称得上繁杂；以作者来看，他们的身份也颇为复杂，既有作家、艺术家，也有哲学家、美学家，教育家。（This is a mixed book. It is mixed because, from the genre, the book selects articles in the form of prose, essays, casual notes, papers, speeches, and letters. It is not unified, and can be called miscellaneous. In terms of authors, their identities are very complex, including writers, artists, philosophers, aestheticians, and educators.）