叶圣陶从事了七十多年编辑工作。他认为编辑工作就是教育工作,编辑和教师一样是人类灵魂的工程师。叶圣陶先生是我国现代史上著名的作家、教育家、编辑出版家和社会活动家。就文学创作而言,《隔膜》、《火灾》等短篇集,“实为中国新小说坚固的基石”(茅盾语);“扛鼎”之作《倪焕之》的出版,标志着我国现代长篇小说走向成熟;童话集《稻草人》,“给中国童话开了一条自己创作的路”(鲁迅语);1921年发表的四十则《文艺 Ye Shengtao engaged in more than 70 years of editorial work. He believes that editorial work is education, editors and teachers, like the soul of human engineers. Mr. Ye Shengtao is a famous writer, educator, editor and publisher, and social activist in the modern history of our country. In terms of literary creation, short stories such as “Diaphragm” and “Fire”, “The Firm Foundation for Chinese New Stories” (Mao Dun); the publication of “NI Huan-Zhi” Chinese modern novels mature; fairy tale set “Scarecrow”, “to China’s fairy tales opened a road of their own creation” (Lu Xun language); published in 1921 forty "art