四十五年前,还在我国争取民族独立、解放战争的最艰难时刻,毛泽东同志对文艺工作怀着极大的关注;1942年5月间,在延安召开了文艺座谈会。在会前和会后都作了重要的讲话。数十年来,毛泽东同志的这一《讲话》,始终指导着我国文艺运动和文艺创作。直至今天,我们重新学习《讲话》精神,仍有着重要的现实意义。在发表《讲话》的当时,使许多文艺工作者真正地认识了革命文艺的正确道路,照亮了每个文艺工作者的心。它是鼓舞所有革命文艺工作者前进的力量。《讲话》发表后,在陕甘宁边区及各抗日根据地,引起了极大反响,掀起了革命文艺运动的高潮。即使是在国统区的重庆,许多文艺工作者在看到延安送出来的《解放日报》或印 Forty-five years ago, at the most difficult time of our country’s struggle for national independence and the liberation of war, Comrade Mao Tse-tung was greatly concerned with the literary and art work. In May 1942, a literary and art symposium was held in Yanan. Both before and after the meeting made important speeches. For decades, this “speech” by Comrade Mao Zedong has always guided our literary movement and literary creation. Up to today, we have to re-learn the spirit of “speech” and still have important practical significance. At the time of his speech, many literary and art workers truly recognized the correct way of revolutionary literature and art and lit up the hearts of every literary worker. It is a force that encourages all revolutionary literary and art workers to move forward. After the publication of the “speech,” it caused great repercussions in the Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningxia Border Region and various anti-Japanese bases, setting off the climax of the revolutionary literary movement. Even in Chongqing, a district of the KMT, many literary and art workers saw the “Jiefang Daily” or printed paper printed in Yenan