王济同志是一位在创作、评论、教育和组织领导工作等诸多方面都卓有成绩的曲艺家,也是我相识多年的一位老同志、老朋友。二○○四年春天,我和吴文科同志一起去看望他,这时,他在家里疗养,因患绝症,动过大手术,久已不能正常进食,显得格外清瘦、虚弱,但精神很好。我要他少说话,但他还和往常一样,关心国家大事,关心曲艺事业的发展,并说因为身体不好,做不了多少事情,除了每天读书、看报、听广播、看电视,只能写点文章或回忆录,把自己一生的甘苦和经验教训告诉年轻人,供他们参考;他还对《中国曲艺志·天津卷》的编纂工作提出一些建议 Comrade Wang Ji is a song and dance artist who has made outstanding achievements in many fields such as creation, commentary, education and organization and leadership. He is also an old comrade and old friend whom I have known for many years. In the spring of 2004, Comrade Wu Wenke and I went to visit him. At this time, he was convalescing at home. He was suffering from terminally ill and had major surgery and was unable to eat normally for a long time. He was exceptionally skinny and weak but of good spirits. I want him to talk less, but he still, as usual, concerned about the major events, concerned about the development of folk art, and said that because of poor health, can not do much, in addition to reading, reading newspapers, listening to radio, watching TV, only Write an article or memoir to tell his young people about their bitterness and lessons in life for their reference. He also made some suggestions on the compilation work of “Chinese Qu Yi, Tianjin Volume”