稿酬的出现是近百年的事，把稿酬看作是作者合法权益一部分并以法律条文形式规定下来，则是近几十年的事。但是作为稿酬萌芽的民间“润笔”习惯却早就出现了。如果从西汉末年算起，到现在也有近两千过的历史了。本文就我国文字稿酬的历史演变过程及目前稿酬制度存在的弊端作较 The emergence of royalties is a matter of nearly a hundred years. Taking the remuneration as a part of the legitimate rights and interests of the authors and stipulating them in the form of legal provisions has become a matter in recent decades. However, the folk “fountain pen” habit that has sprouted as a reward has long appeared. If from the end of the Western Han Dynasty, there are nearly two thousand past history. This article compares the historical evolution of the remuneration of writing in China and the shortcomings of the present remuneration system