一九五三年九月二十六日清晨二时五十二分,悲鸿的心脏停止了跳动。敬爱的周恩来总理亲自到医院里和悲鸿的遗体告别。文艺界的领导人郭沫若、周杨等许多同志亲自送他安葬于北京西郊的革命公墓。从那时起,二十五年过去了,在漫长岁月的风雨中,悲鸿的形象反而随着时间的消逝而变得更加清晰,更加令人怀念。当我经常听到他的学生、朋友和一些陌生的人们向我谈起悲鸿时,我眼前也立刻展 At 2:52 on September 26, 1953, Beihong’s heart stopped beating. The beloved Premier Zhou Enlai personally went to the hospital to bid farewell to the legacy of Beihong. Many leaders of the literary and art circles, Guo Moruo and Zhou Yang, personally delivered him to the revolutionary cemetery in the western suburbs of Beijing. Since then, twenty-five years have passed. In the long years of history, Beihong’s image has become clearer and more memorable as time passes by. When I often heard his students, friends and strangers talk to me about Beihong, I immediately saw