《中国文学大辞典》是由中国社会科学院文学研究所前所长马良春和天津人民出版社编审李福田作为总主编,历时三年多编纂而成的。编纂一部大型工具书首要的一点是确定编辑意图和主旨。此书的编写目的十分明确,具体地说有三个方面:1、 The Dictionary of Chinese Literature was compiled by Ma Liangchun, former director of the Institute of Literature of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, and editor-in-chief Li Futian of the Tianjin People’s Publishing House which took more than three years to compile. The primary point in compiling a large reference book is to determine the editorial intent and thrust. The purpose of writing this book is very clear, specifically, there are three aspects: 1,