严辰同志去世以后,我把他给我的一些信件检出重读。这些信至少也在二十多年以上了,因为从1978年冬我到《诗刊》,在他领导下工作,经常见面,就无须通信了。1984年他离休,到年底我也摆脱《诗刊》编务,有时联系,便多用电话了。前几年,我为武汉出版社编一本《旧信重温》,也曾收入几件他的书信。这一件,我记得 After Comrade Yan Chen’s death, I reread some letters he gave me. These letters have been at least twenty or more years on, since I had not been in communication since I was in the poetry in the winter of 1978 and worked under his leadership and met frequently. He retired in 1984, and by the end of the year I got rid of editor-in-chief of Poetry and sometimes contacted to use more phones. A few years ago, I compiled a copy of the “old letter” for Wuhan Publishing House and also received several letters from him. This one, I remember