近读潘旭澜先生主编的《新中国文学词典》(江苏文艺出版社),略一翻阅,竟不忍释手。先是夜读,继而白天再读,一昼两宿,不觉已读毕此卷共1300余页。心头怦然而动,似有所感,略记如下。《新中国文学词典》,意即1949年以后中华人民共和国的文学词典。这种编纂立意甚奇。眼下一般编词典都追求多、全、大,似内容愈多,范围愈全,涵盖 Nearly read Mr. Pan Xulan editor of the “New Chinese Literature Dictionary” (Jiangsu Literature and Art Publishing House), a little read, actually could not bear to hand down. First read the night, then read during the day and night, two nights, unknowingly completed this volume a total of more than 1300 pages. However, my heart suddenly move, it seems a sense, slightly below. “New Chinese Literature Dictionary” means the literary dictionary of the People’s Republic of China after 1949. This codification surprising. At present, the dictionary is generally pursued more, all, big, like more content, the more complete range, covering