本刊顾问和刊物的主要创办者、首任主编,中国修辞学会会长,著名语言学家,上海外国语大学教授、博士生导师王德春先生因病医治无效于201 1年7月30日21时在上海逝世,享年七十八岁。噩耗传来,编辑部同仁无不叹惋悲悼。三十年前,王德春先生和同道学者面对学术研究和学科教学的新局面,痛感我国修辞学的持续繁荣,急需一本专业期刊的引领,于是相约携手努力。经过王德春等先生艰苦紧张、严 The first founder and chief editor of this magazine consultants and publications, the president of Chinese rhetorical society, a famous linguist, Professor of Shanghai International Studies University, doctoral tutor Mr. Wang Dechun invalid due to medical treatment at 21 o’clock on July 30 at 21 o’clock in the Shanghai passed away, at the age of seventy-eight. Bad news came, editorial colleagues all sigh sad mourning. Thirty years ago, when faced with the new situation of academic research and subject teaching, Mr. Wang Dechun and his fellow scholars felt the constant prosperity of our country’s rhetoric and were in urgent need of the lead of a professional journal. So they worked hand in hand. After Wang Dechun and other hard, nervous