原文：
Mr.ZhangHenshuioncewroteupAManShouldAcceptCriticisms. Inthisarticle, hesaid, "Iseldomdeliverpaperargumentswithpeopleandevenwriteasinglewordinretortwhensomeonelaunchesacriticismbymentioningmyname. NeitherdoesthismeanthatIamweak, norovertolerant. IthinkifIdidsomethingwrong, thebetterwaytoagainstdefamingistodoself-examination; ifit'snotmyfault, I'dratherairmyopinionsbasedonthefact. Thismaybenotpracticalforotherpeople, butatleastithelpsmealotonbehavingmyself. Duringthelifeofmyoverthirtyyearswritting, someprogressIhavemademostlybenefitsfromothers'criticisms."
Mr.Zhang'sattitudetocriticismiswellworthyofintellectuals'following.
译文：
张恨水先生曾写过一篇《为人应当接受批评》，他说：“生平很少和人打笔墨官司，就是人家指出我的名姓来教训一顿，我也不曾回复一个字。这样做，我并非怯懦，也并非过分的容忍。我有个感想，我错了，止谤莫如自修。我不错，最好借事实来答复。这是一个办法，也许不适合他人，但至少我自己，在做人上纠正了不少错误。而三十年来的写作生涯，略有寸进，一大半也就是根据别人的批评而得的。”
恨水先生对待批评的态度，很值得当今文化人学习。