一九七八年三月,为了筹备出版《新文学史料》丛刊,我们首先拜访了文艺界的老前辈茅盾同志。当时,茅公已年逾八旬,身体很弱,我们不敢奢求,只希望能得到一篇“文坛回忆”之类的短文。出乎意料的是,茅公知道我们的来意后,竟爽快地答应为《史料》撰写回忆录,并题了刊名。那天下午,他亲切地和我们畅谈了二个多小时.说到写回忆录,他似乎早已成竹在胸,打算从中学写起,中学那几年他接受了民主革命思想,对他的一生,有很大影响;他还讲到回忆录的重点将放在三十年代。当他谈到大革命时期从事党 In March 1978, in preparation for the publication of a series of “Historical Materials of New Literature,” we first visited Comrade Mao Dun, an elder of the literary and art circles. At that time, Mao Gong had more than eighty years old, the body is weak, we are not luxury, only hope to get a “literary memories ” and the like essay. Unexpectedly, after knowing our good wishes, Mao Gong readily agreed to write a memoir for “Historical Materials” and wrote a title. In the afternoon, he kindly talked with us for more than two hours. When it comes to writing memoirs, he seems to be well-versed in writing about secondary school. He accepted the idea of ​​democratic revolution in his high school in the past few years and has a great influence on his life He also mentioned that the memoir will focus on the thirties. When he talked about the revolution during the party