王元化先生提出的"有思想的学术和有学术的思想"，背后既有变幻莫测的时代风云，也有个人上下求索的精神印记。这种学术趣味，更进一步追究，乃是兼及通人与专家、思辨与考据，以及乾嘉学风与魏晋玄言。只不过，所谓"魏晋风度"，学问及言辞之外，还包含极为难得的独立人格。王瑶与王元化，都是与时代风气密切相关的人物——对于20世纪90年代的上海乃至全国文化界来说，王元化更是成为某种精神符号。在一个专业化时代，有学问不容易，学问好且有气象，则尤为难得。两位王先生之心仪魏晋，学问之外，也包含某种精神寄托。

The idea of “academics with thought and thought in academic depth” proposed by Mr. WANG Yuan-hua against the backdrop of a turbulent time shows his personal spiritual efforts. The academic taste of this idea is to realize the unity of comprehensive understanding and specialist knowledge, the unity of philosophy and philology, and the unity of the Qianjia style and Wei-jin style. Moreover, besides learning and speech, WANG's “Wei-Jin taste” also embodies a rare and invaluable independent personality. Both WANG Yao and WANG Yuan-hua were important figures who deeply influenced the intellectual trend of the time. WANG Yuan-hua was a spiritual symbol in Shanghai and even in the national cultural circle in the 1990s. In an age of specialization, it was difficult to become a scholar and even more difficult to become a person with comprehensive understanding and lofty spiritual pursuit. These two Mr. WANGs were not only interested in the Wei-Jin scholarship, but also committed to Wei-jin spirit to some extent.