我认识范长江同志可以说相当早。三十年代中期，范的名作《中国的西北角》在《大公报》连载，我每篇必看。稍后他又连续发表《塞上行》，这些文章引起我更浓厚的兴趣。这就算认识了。当时我在一个农业职业学校读书，对本科毫无兴趣，如饥似渴地阅读中外文学名著，幻想将来当个 I know Comrade Fan Changjiang can be quite early. In the mid 1930s, Van’s masterpiece, “The Northwestern corner of China,” was serialized in the “Ta Kung Pao,” and each must see. Later, he continued to publish “plug the line,” these articles aroused my interest more. This is even recognized. At that time, I was studying in an agricultural vocational school with no interest in undergraduates. I hungrily read the famous Chinese and foreign literature,