听说中华书局正在组织力量重新编订《辞海》。对此,我想提一点意见作为参考。过去的《辞海》有一个很大的缺点,那就是古今中外无所不包,因而很难编的出色。不少读者往往很不容易从《辞海》得到满足。特别是自然科学、社会科学、现代外来语等几个方面,过去的《辞海》的解释,一般很难使人满意。这在社会科学方面,表现得更为突出。其中的原因,固然一部分是由于时代的局限,但《辞海》 I heard that Zhonghua Book Company is organizing forces to re-edit “Ci Hai.” In this regard, I would like to make some comments for reference. There was a big flaw in the past “Ci Hai”, which is that it is so ubiquitous at all times and in all countries that it is hard to be edited well. Many readers are often not easily satisfied with “Ci Hai”. Especially in natural sciences, social sciences and modern foreign languages, the past interpretation of “Cihai” is generally not very satisfactory. This is more outstanding in the social sciences. One of the reasons, though partly because of the limitations of the times, but “Ci Hai”