在苏州刺绣研究所老一辈艺人的心目中,叶圣陶先生不仅是一位令人崇敬的文学家、教育家,还是一位热忱关心苏绣艺术的老师,苏绣艺术的挚友。早在50年代,苏州刺绣研究所刚建立的时候,叶老就曾以《苏绣与缂丝》为题在《人民文学》上向人们介绍了这座尚在襁褓之中的东方艺术之宫,热情讴歌 In the eyes of the older artists of Suzhou Embroidery Institute, Mr. Ye Shengtao is not only an admirable writer and educator, but also a teacher who cares about art of embroidery and a friend of embroidery. As early as the 1950s, when Suzhou Institute of Embroidery was first established, Ye Lao introduced the Palace of Oriental Art, still in its infancy, to “People’s Literature” under the theme of “embroidery and reeling from silk” Eulogy