夏衍书信的第一次面世是在一九九六年四月,收录在上海文艺出版社出版的《夏衍七十年文选》。他本人并没有看到自己的这本书,他已于前一年,一九九五年二月去世了。为此,这本书的编者李子云写了一篇很长的编后记,讲述了编辑的过程。最重要的是,夏衍本人对文章篇目的遴选标准。“他要我将他发表于一九四五年八月九日《新华日报》的评论第一颗原子弹爆炸的社论检出编入。他说,这大概是国内第一 The first appearance of Xia Yan Shuxin was published in April 1996 in the ”Selected Works of Xia Yan Seventy Years" published by Shanghai Literature and Art Publishing House. He himself did not read his book, and he died the previous year and February 1995. To this end, the book’s editor Li Ziyun wrote a long post-editor, about the editing process. The most important thing is that Xia Yan himself selects the standard of the articles. He asked me to check out his first editorial on the Xinhua Daily commentary, which he published on August 9, 1945. He said that this is probably the first in China