万佛先生是湘北的大秀才。上世纪五六十年代,他写出了不少在全国有影响的新闻通讯和调查报告。他也是我学习写作的引路人,给了我很多教诲和帮助。认识万佛先生是在1973年的初春。那时我在岳阳县月田中学教书。一天下课后,我夹着教案从教室出来,迎面碰见一位身着黑色棉布衣裳,显得非常“土气”的中年汉子。“你是小万老师吗?”来人问我。我点了点头,他又憨厚地 Mr. Wan Buddha is a big scholar in northern Hunan. In the 1950s and 1960s, he wrote many influential newsletters and investigation reports throughout the country. He is also a guide to my study writing and has given me a lot of teaching and help. To know Mr. Wan Fo is the early spring of 1973. At that time I was teaching in Yueyang County Yuda High School. One day after class, I came out of my classroom with my teaching plan and met a middle-aged man dressed in black cotton clothes and looking very “rustic”. “You are a million teacher?” Come ask me. I nodded, he was honest