王愿坚同志的《七根火柴》是一篇感人肺腑的短篇小说。一九五八年在《人民文学》上发表之后,我曾一遍一遍地读。每读一次,感情的潮水总要冲出闸门,纵横奔流。艰苦的革命岁月,恶劣的草地气候,光彩夺目的红军战士的形象,在心中留下了永恒的记忆。十年浩劫期间,尽管它被加上种种罪名,横加批判,可我常常思念它。特别自己遭受霜打雪侮之时,无名战士的高大形象总在眼前升腾、闪现,他给我以力量,使我懂得任凭环境怎样艰险,也要对党的事业无限忠诚。粉碎“四人帮”后,革命传统教 Comrade Wang Xiangjian’s “Seven Matches” is a short story that touches others. After I was published in People’s Literature in 1958, I read it over and over again. Every time you read, the tide of emotions always rushes out of the gate, rushing across. The hard revolutionary years, the bad grassland climate, and the glorious image of the Red Army soldiers left an eternal memory in their hearts. During the ten years of catastrophe, although it was added with various charges and criticized, I often miss it. When he was particularly exposed to frost and snowball fights, the tall image of the unknown soldier was rising and flashing in front of him. He gave me strength and made me understand how difficult it was to risk the environment and to be infinitely loyal to the party’s cause. After crushing the Gang of Four, the revolutionary tradition taught