首先需要说明的是,“批评”这个词,建国后许多年是没有人用的。人们只说“评论”,不说“批评”。尽管“批评”是国际通用的名称,尽管毛泽东《在延安文艺座谈会上的讲话》中就用了“文艺批评”的说法,人们还是不敢用。这是因为人们把“批评”当作专挑缺点的同义语,甚至当作“批判”的“初级阶段”的缘故。其实,作为文艺学的一个分支,批评和“评论”的意思一样,好处说好,坏处说坏,实事求是地对文艺作品给予评价。”1984年冬,山西省作家协会受命创办一份文学评论杂志,由我负责筹备,我立即选择了《批评家》这个名称。消息传出,一位著名的文学前辈和一位领导同志,或写信,或给有关同志打电话,劝我不要用这个名字,仍叫“评论”。我坚持自己的意见。《批评家》问世,引起学界很大关注,除了刊物内容好、有特色外,跟名称也有关系。《批评家》行世5年,别的功绩且不说,它的一个最明显的功 The first thing to note is that the term “criticism” was used by no one for many years after the founding of the People’s Republic. People only say “comment”, not to say “criticism.” Although “criticism” is an internationally accepted name, people still dare not use it despite the fact that Mao Zedong used “literary criticism” in his “speech at the Yan’an Literary Symposium.” This is because people use “criticism” as a synonym for shortcomings and even as a “primary stage” of “criticism.” In fact, as a branch of literature and art, criticism is as good as “commenting on”. The advantages are good, bad, bad, and realistically evaluated literary and artistic works. “In the winter of 1984, Shanxi Writers’ Association was ordered to set up a literary review magazine, which I was responsible for preparing, and I immediately chose the name” critic. “It was reported that a famous literary predecessor and a leading comrade, or Write a letter, or call the comrades concerned, advised me not to use the name, is still called ”comment.“ I stick to my opinion. ”Critics“ come out, aroused great concern academics, in addition to publication content is good, Also has a relationship with the name. ”Critics" has been living for 5 years, other merit and not to say that one of its most obvious merit