校对工作是一门学问,它与编辑工作有着密不可分的关系。可是,有同志却认为校对是字对字,原稿对校样,没有什么学问,只要认识字就行了。有的甚至把编辑和校对工作对立起来,认为编辑参加校对似乎降低了身份。这种观点至少是不全面的。我们说,一个优秀的编辑,首先应该是一个好的校对。历史上有些有名的文学家、科学家和艺术大师,不仅是伟大的文学艺术家、发明创造者,同时也都是著作家、编辑和优秀的校对者。重视校对工作,已经是我国编辑出版的优良传统。早在我国汉朝就有“校雠”的记载。“校雠”是 Proofreading is a learning process that has a close relationship with editorial work. However, some comrades think that proofreading is word-for-word and that manuscripts are proof of schooling, so long as they know the word. Some even set the editors and proofreaders against each other, believing that editors participating in proofreading seem to have reduced their identities. This view is at least not comprehensive. We say that a good editor should first be a good proofread. Some famous writers, scientists and masters of arts in history are not only great literary artists, inventors, but also writers, editors and excellent proofreaders. Emphasis on proofreading work has been our fine tradition of editing and publishing. As early as the Han Dynasty in our country there is “school 雠” records. “School 雠” is