《文史知识》编辑部:转来的浙江乐清虹桥中学倪文华先生的来信收到。倪先生的纠正是完全正确的。陈梦雷的生年应当是顺治七年(1650),卒年是乾隆六年(1741)。原稿却错成1640—1712,这在我应属笔误(想是在电脑打字时出错),后来也没有校对,就匆匆地 “Culture and history of knowledge” editorial department: transferred to Zhejiang Leqing Hongqiao High School Ni Wenhua letter received. Mr. Ni’s correction is entirely correct. Chen Menglei’s birthday should be Junji seven years (1650), the death year is Qianlong six years (1741). The original was wrongly labeled as 1640-1712, which was a clerical mistake (if it was an error in the typing of a computer) and was later not proofread, hurriedly