这本传记的主人公王实味只活了四十一年,没有能够留下许多作品。可是他的死于非命,却给后世留下了许多值得深思的题目。这里就从他的死说起。当年究竟是谁下令处死的呢,曾经有过不同的说法,有过争论。但我以为这是不必深究的了,不论是谁下的命令,都是杀错了,这有他的平反文件作证。当然,这是现在的说法,而在当年却不能这样说。1940年7月《总政治部锄奸工作第二号指示》第三条规定:“凡托派分子及过去本党的叛徒,为日寇国民党特务派来潜入我军,经查实后,一律处以极刑。”(《六大以来》下册第381页)当时王实味被宣布为托派分子,又被宣布是个暗藏的国 Wang Shiwei, the hero of this biography, lived only for 41 years and could not leave behind many works. However, his death on the verge of death, but to future generations left many questions worth pondering. Speaking from his death here. Who actually ordered the execution of the year then, there have been different versions, there have been controversies. But I do not think this is a matter of deep investigation. No matter who orders, it is a mistake to kill. This is evidenced by his rebellious documents. Of course, this is the current statement, but in the same year it can not be said. In July 1940, the “Third Command of the Second Department of the General Political Department of the NPP” stipulated: “If the tribal Faction and the traitors of the past party sent to our army for the Japanese Kuomintang agents to sneak in, (”The Sixth Volume", p. 381) At that time, Wang Shih-t’ao was declared a Trotskyites and was declared a hidden state