在我步履维艰的文字生涯中,不知得到过多少让我终生铭心刻骨的帮助。有的帮助出现的时候,是让我非常意外的。二十年前的一天,当我突然接到下面这封信,真是有点做梦的感觉: 陈世旭同志: 我们未曾识面,但前几年读过你的《小镇上的将军),至今印象颇深。近来从吉晋东同志处得知你对文学创作虚心而且认真,作品不断有所进展,非常高兴。目前文坛上轻率之风日盛,像你这样深知写作艰难的同志实在不多,使我不禁要引你为同调。也许我们在年龄上有所差异,愿与你成为忘年之交。如有新作,如蒙惠寄,当以先睹为快,如你愿意,我会给《当代》发表。敬礼 In my struggling writing career, I do not know how many have been my lifelong heart-saving help. When some help appeared, it made me very surprised. One day twenty years ago, when I suddenly received the following letter, it was a bit of a dream: Comrade Chen Shixu: We did not know the face, but a few years ago read your “town general), so far the impression Deep. I am very pleased to learn from you that you have been making a modest and conscientious submission to literary creation and making continuous progress in my work. In the current literary world, there are so many rash and violent winds. As you are aware, there are not many hard-working comrades writing, so I can not but cite you as a co-coordinator. Maybe we are different in age, is willing to become friends with you at the turn of years. If new works, such as Meng Hui sent, when the first glance, if you like, I will give ”contemporary" published. salute