这么多文化界知名人士专程到天津,对我市文艺工作是个很大的促进,我们表示欢迎和感谢。借此机会,我想就振兴京剧问题,谈点感受和看法,和诸位共商。首先,谈谈怎样看待中国历史文化的问题,因为这和振兴京剧有着直接的关系。最近一个时期,随着对外开放规模的不断扩大和深入,一些同志产生了一种糊涂看法,似乎外国什么都好,我们什么都得向外国学习。甚至有极少数人公开主张“全盘西化”,这当然是另一种性质的问题了。这些看法很不利于我们创造以马克思主义为指导的,批判地继承历史传统而又充分体现时代精神的,立足本国又面向世界的,这样一种高度发达的社会主义精神文明。我们毫不隐讳,由于封建制度的腐朽和帝国主义的侵略,近一、二百年,我们有些方面是落后了。就文学创作而言,在法国象卢梭、狄德罗、巴尔扎克、雨果、大仲马、莫伯桑等,描写、刻画社会比较深刻, So many cultural celebrities made a special trip to Tianjin, which is a big boost to our city’s art work. We welcome and thank you. I would like to take this opportunity to talk with you about the rejuvenation of Beijing Opera. First of all, talk about how to view the issue of Chinese history and culture because it has a direct bearing on the revitalization of Beijing Opera. In the recent period, with the continuous expansion and deepening of the scale of opening to the outside world, some comrades have come to a muddled view. It seems that foreign countries are good at everything and we have to learn anything from foreign countries. There are even very few people who openly advocate “total westernization,” which is certainly another matter of nature. These views are very unfavorable to us to create such a highly developed socialist spiritual civilization based on Marxism and critically inheriting the historical tradition but fully embodying the spirit of the times and based on our own homeland and facing the world. We have no secret taboo, due to the decadent feudal system and imperialist aggression, nearly a couple of years, some aspects of our backwardness. As far as the literary creation is concerned, in France, such as Rousseau, Diderot, Balzac, Hugo, Dumas, Maupassant, etc.,