在南京城东南角的江宁路老虎头44号，有一座建于清代光绪年间的老屋。在它的旁边，有一处耸立着的石台，就是历史盛传的“周处读书台”。实际上，它原是周处（字子隐，240-297，今江苏宜兴人）担任吴国东观丞时的堂宅，名唤“子隐堂”。明代时，金陵文人顾起元误称此地为“周孝侯读书台”（周处在57岁时战死后，被追封为“孝侯”），南京人就一直沿用了这个称呼。

　　At 44 Laohutou, Jiangning Road in the southeast of Nanjing, there is an old house built under the reign of emperor Guangxu in the Qing dynasty. In its vicinity stands a stone-platform historically renowned as "Zhou Chu's Reading Platform." In fact, it was originally the hall (Ziyin Hall) of Zhou Chu (He styled himself as Ziyin living in a period from 240 to 297, a native of Yixing, Jiangsu province) when he served as the chief li－brarian of the State Wu. In the Ming dynasty, Gu Qiyuan, a scholar in Nanjing, misnamed it as "Zhou Xiaohou's Reading Platform" (After his death in a battle at the age of 57, Zhou Chu was later appointed as "Xiaohou", a devoted officer). Since then, people in Nanjing have all along been using this name. 曹建新 译