1907～1911年间,著名的语言学家索绪尔在日内瓦大学讲课时,曾建议建立一种“研究社会中符号的作用”的科学——符号学。这之后,许多学者投身于此对此进行了卓有成效的研究。使符号学“成为本世纪最重要的科学领域之一。”但至今尚无人在编辑学(甚至是新闻学)领域中,开展相应的系统研究。本文作者愿抛砖引玉,对编辑符号作一粗浅的讨论。 Between 1907 and 1911, when renowned lecturer Saussure presented his lecture at the University of Geneva, he proposed to establish a science-semiotics that “studies the role of symbols in society.” Since then, many scholars engaged in this fruitful research. So that semiotics has become one of the most important fields of science in this century. "But so far no one has done systematic research in the fields of editing (even journalism). The author of this paper is ready to start a discussion on the editor’s symbol.