[一]一九三四年的七月三日,我在上海《大晚报》发表过一篇《论〈花边文学〉》。这本来已是半个世纪前的一件小事,照理象是过眼云烟,早该被前进中的人们忘掉了。可是,在“文革”初期,戚本禹等人在批判我们“三家村”时,却特地把它翻寻出来,作为一个“重要材料”使用一番。有意思的是,近年来仍有一家专业刊物在为这篇文章翻寻旧案,打笔墨官司。既然人们如此关注它,而且这种关注如此历久而不衰,作为它的作者,我想有必要谈谈当年自身经历的事实。 [1] On July 3, 1934, I published an article entitled “Lace Literature” in Shanghai Evening News. This is already a trivial matter half a century ago. The reason is that there is nothing ever to be forgotten by those who are moving forward. However, at the beginning of the Cultural Revolution, Qi Benyu and others criticized us for their “Three Villages”, but they turned it out and used it as an “important material.” What is interesting is that in recent years, there is still a professional magazine looking for the article for the old case and writing ink lawsuits. Since people pay so much attention to it, and such attention lags so long, as its author, I think it is necessary to talk about the facts of the year itself.