走向市场经济的中国大陆文学杂志正陷入前所未有的困境。发行数量的骤然下降和政府投资的大幅度削减,使多数纯文学期刊生计难维。面子与饭碗,信念与行为,目的与手段,印在封面上的宗旨与私下里采取的招法,形成了难解的矛盾。就在那些以维持生存为目的的所有举措付诸实施并且事倍功半的努力之中,许多编家实际上悄悄改变了文学的初衷——由于过分地强调“适应”而名正言顺地放弃了自己的使命。但无论怎样,文学的殿堂总要有人坚 Literary magazines in Mainland China that are marching toward a market economy are falling into an unprecedented predicament. The sudden drop in circulation and the drastic cuts in government investment have made most pure paper journals difficult to sustain. Faces and jobs, beliefs and behaviors, purpose and means, printed on the cover of the purpose and privately adopted tactics, formed a difficult conflict. In the midst of all the efforts to make life more effective and less effective, many writers have in effect quietly changed the mind of literature - justifiably abandoning their own mission by over-emphasizing “adaptation.” But no matter what, there are always some people in the palace of literature