曹辛之(杭约赫)先生是著名诗人和书籍装帧艺术家。《诗探索》自创刊以来,一直得到辛之先生的热情关心和支持,并蒙他亲手设计了新颖大方的封面。1995年5月19日,辛之先生因病逝世。为了表达本刊同仁对辛之先生的怀念之情,特于本辑辟“纪念曹辛之”一栏,发表“九叶”老诗人唐湜和北京大学博士生臧棣的两篇论文。辛之先生走了,我们失去了一位老朋友,但辛之先生的艺术却留了下来,永远光耀人间。 Cao Xinzhi (Hang Yohe) is a famous poet and book binding artist. Since its founding, Poetry Exploration has always been enthusiastic about and supported by Mr. Xin Zhi, and has personally designed a novel and elegant cover for him. May 19, 1995, Mr. Xin Zhi died of illness. In order to express my colleague’s sympathy for Mr. Xin, especially in the column entitled “Commemorating Cao Xinzhi,” he published two essays by Tang Yong, an old poet of “Nine Leaves,” and Zang Di, a doctoral student at Peking University. Mr. Xin Zhi gone, we have lost an old friend, but Mr. Xin’s art has stayed, always shine in the world.