我国的报刊,创办伊始,并无稿约,亦无稿酬。不但没有稿酬,文人雅士,投稿报刊,还被视为广告,须支付费用。稿酬制度始于何时?郑逸梅在《从首订稿约谈到王蕴章》中称始于上海的《小说月报》。然我于更早的广东《岭东日报》中,看到一则“本馆广告”,全文如下: China’s newspapers and periodicals, at the beginning of the establishment, did not make a contract, nor did they give any remuneration. Not only did not pay manuscripts, literati, manuscripts press, also be regarded as advertising, to pay. When does the remuneration system begin? Zheng Yimei in “From the first draft about Wang Yunzhang,” said in Shanghai’s “Novel Monthly.” However, I earlier in Guangdong “Lingdong Daily”, I saw a “main museum ads,” the full text is as follows: