插画是一种艺术,它不仅给人以美的享受,而且能够起到潜移默化的教育作用。鲁迅对插图无比器重,请看他的精辟论述: “书籍的插图,原意是在装饰书籍,增加读者的兴趣的,但那力量,能补助文字之所不及,所以也是一种宣传画。”由鲁迅所论书籍插图的高超见解,使我想到当前部编语文教材的插图问题。除语文以外,现行的其它教材,几乎都是有插图的。诸如:历史有形势图;地理有地图;英语有提示图;(数理化也不例 Illustration is an art. It not only gives people the enjoyment of beauty, but also can play a subtle educational role. Lu Xun has an extremely high emphasis on illustrations. Look at his incisive exposition: “The illustration of a book is intended to decorate books and increase readers’ interest, but that power can subdue the writing and it is also a kind of poster.” The superb view of Lu Xun’s book illustrations reminds me of the current illustration of the Chinese textbooks. With the exception of language, other current textbooks are almost illustrated. Such as: historical situation map; geographical map; English prompt map;