《陈云同志关于评弹的谈话和通信》终于公开出版了,这是文艺战线的一桩大喜事。陈云同志多少年来热情关注评弹事业,听了大量评弹书目,搜集了可观的评弹资料,广泛接触评弹艺人、作者和曲艺工作的领导干部,深入进行调查研究,发表了许多精辟而又重要的意见。陈云同志坚持和丰富了毛泽东文艺思想,理论联系实际,论事实事求是,十分具体,鞭辟入里而且可行。我们读这本书,受到极大鼓舞。这本书是马克思主义文艺思想的重要文献,它虽然是着重谈评弹问题,实际上涉及到党和国家对文艺工作的一系列方针政策,对整 “Comrade Chen Yun’s Talks and Commentary on Pingtan Bombing” was finally published in public. This is a happy event in the literary and art front. After listening to a large number of commentary bibliographies, Comrade Chen Yun has enthusiastically paid attention to the Pingtan bombardment career for so many years and collected a considerable amount of Pingtan bombardment materials. It has extensively contacted the leading cadres who work on Pingtan artistes, authors and folk art work, conducted in-depth investigations and studies, and delivered many incisive and important opinions. Comrade Chen Yun adhered to and enriched Mao Zedong’s literary and art thinking, and his theory was in accordance with the reality. On the basis of seeking truth from facts, he was very specific, whipped into it and was feasible. We are greatly encouraged by this book. This book is an important document of Marxist literature and art. Although it focuses on the issue of bomb criticism, it actually involves a series of guidelines and policies of the party and state on literary and art work.