“知识就是力量”——胡愈老主编的《知识丛书》,每一本书的扉页上都印上培根这句箴言。那是在一九六一年,我们的人民和我们的国家正默默地吞嚼着“大跃进”孕育出的苦果。此刻我已记不得这句箴言是胡愈老自己提出要我加在每本书上的呢,还是我或者王城(文化部出版局一处处长)向他建议的;但无论如何,这个决定是胡愈老作出的。这也符合胡愈老当时的想法;甚至可以说,完全符合胡愈老从事新闻出版工作的愿望,是这位爱国爱民、忧国忧民的智者毕生最大的愿望。胡愈老不止一次跟我说过,我们搞出版的千万不要忘记我们的一个重要任务就是向最广大的群众传播知识。他特别叮嘱我,在发展学术著作的同时,不要忘记普及读物。在他掌管出版工作的两个时期(即在出版总署和文化部担任领导工作的两个时期),他跟我或跟我们几个人闲谈时,总是说,发展学术著作当然很重要,但是出版家在这个时候更要注意组织传播知识的普及性读物;他说,学术著作除了传播机关去组织之外,还有研究机关和高等学校去督促,可是普及读物却只能靠出版机关去组织。他还提出要鼓励专门家去写通俗性蚵普及作品。他说,已经获得一定知识的人,他就有义务去传播知识,普及知识;达到高水平的专门家,更加要把他所掌握的专门 “Knowledge is power” - Hu Yu-old editor of the “series of knowledge”, the title page of each book is printed on the motto of Bacon. It was in 1961 that our people and our country were quietly swallowing the bitter fruit of the Great Leap Forward. At the moment, I can not recall that the motto was made by Hu Yu-lao himself asking me to add it to every book or to him or me to Wang Cheng, a director of the Publishing Department of the Ministry of Culture; but in any case, this decision It is made by Hu Yu. It is also in line with the idea of ​​Hu Yu-lao at that time. It can even be said that the desire of Hu Yu to be engaged in press and publication work is even fulfilled by his life-long wish. Hu repeatedly said to me once and for all that we should publish one by one and never forget that one of our major tasks is to spread knowledge to the broadest masses. He told me in particular, while developing academic works, do not forget to popularize books. When he talked to me or a few of us about the two phases of his publishing career (ie, two periods of leadership in the General Administration of Publication and the Ministry of Culture), it was always important to develop academic work, but At this time, publishers should pay more attention to popularizing reading materials that organize and disseminate knowledge. He said that in addition to disseminating organs to academic organizations, academic institutions and colleges and universities also supervise and prosecute. However, popular publications can only be organized by publishing agencies . He also proposed to encourage specialists to write popular and popular works. He said that those who have obtained certain knowledge have an obligation to spread knowledge and popularize knowledge, to reach a high level of specialized professionals and to make more use of his specialized