编者按:中国社会科学院哲学所研究员、原中华日本哲学会会长卞崇道先生于2012年12月31日逝世,享年70岁。卞先生的逝世,是中国日本学研究的重大损失,也是本刊的重大损失。在本刊转型发展的重要时期,卞先生不顾病痛折磨,积极为本刊的发展出谋划策,不仅亲自组织专栏,而且将自己的得意之作惠赐本刊发表, Editor’s note: Bian Chongdao, former researcher at the Philosophy Institute of Chinese Academy of Social Sciences and former chairman of the Japan Society of Philosophy, died on December 31, 2012 at the age of 70. The death of Mr. Bian is a major loss in the study of Japanese studies in China and a major loss for this magazine. In an important period of the transformation and development of this journal, Mr. Bian, in spite of pain and suffering, actively made suggestions for the development of this journal. He not only personally organized the column, but also published his own article,