After the upgrading and transformation of the 1925 bookstore, it integrates the red cultural ecology with North Sichuan Road as the central axis, restores the style of the Hongkou branch of the Commercial Press, fully excavates the historical background of the revolutionary ancestor Comrade Chen Yun who worked in the party when he was young, and adds a red cultural and book landmark to Shanghai. The only bookstore in Shanghai that has been open for nearly a hundred years, it is also the first red-themed bookstore for the public created by Shanghai Xinhua Bookstore.
Recently, the Commercial Press was recreated in Shanghai in the form of a "shop-in-shop" on the third floor of the 1925 bookstore. The "Hongkou Lecture Hall of the Commercial Press" lecture series was launched at the same time.
Gu Qing, secretary of the party committee and executive director of the Commercial Press, said in a video speech that bookstores have become the "living fossils" of Shanghai's book publishing industry and bookstore industry from 1925 to the present. "Having a living room in Shanghai not only strengthens the contact with the author, but also better serves Shanghai readers." He said that the Commercial Press is about to usher in the 125th anniversary, still adhering to the concept of the predecessors for more than a hundred years, taking academia as the pursuit and foundation, hoping that the Commercial Press can have more opportunities to communicate with authors and readers face-to-face in Shanghai.
The four lectures of the "Hongkou Lecture Hall of the Commercial Press" held last weekend are vivid footnotes to the exchanges between the century-old cultural brand and readers.
Scholars Chen Zishan, Zhang Wei, Zhou Limin and others recalled the history of the Hongkou branch of the Commercial Press. Professor Chen Zishan said that since he was a child, he has lived in Hongkou District and will use his time after school to read books at xinhua bookstore on North Sichuan Road, which is now the Hongkou branch of the Commercial Press. This bookstore also has a glorious and glorious history, and Comrade Chen Yun worked here in his early years.
Speaking of the naming of 1925, this number has a special significance, which is the year when the Hongkou branch of the Commercial Press was built. Here, Comrade Chen Yun joined the Communist Party of China and carried out hidden front work as a shop assistant. This is also the place where Lu Xun used to come to buy books and collect manuscript fees. Separated by a wall, through the window can see the former residence of the writer Ding Ling...
In recent years, as China has regained its status as a world power and gradually moved closer to the center of the world stage, the study of Chinese civilization has begun to attract the world's attention like China's economy. "The Logic of Civilization: The Game and Future of Chinese and Western Civilizations" deeply analyzes Chinese and Western civilizations, traces their past and present lives, and re-understands and interprets the existing civilizations in the world based on the continuous perspective of Chinese civilization.
Wen Yang, researcher of the China Research Institute of Fudan University and researcher of the Shanghai Spring and Autumn Development Strategy Research Institute, Jin Zhongwei, editor-in-chief of the Observer Network, Li Bo, executive dean of the Shanghai Spring and Autumn Development Strategy Research Institute, and Fan Yongpeng, vice president of the China Research Institute of Fudan University, had a dialogue. The author Wen Yang believes that the issue of civilization can be analyzed and discussed as a Chinese problem, and historically, there has always been a research path to explain the problem of international relations with civilization theory, and whenever history changes drastically and the original international relations theory is no longer applicable, there will be scholars who apply the new civilization theory to interpret.
How to bring traditional classics back to life in the present? Many scholars have re-read literary classics from a new perspective, giving certain inspiration to current readers. For example, at the lecture "Meet "Luoshenfu"", the author, Professor Dai Yan of the Department of Chinese of Fudan University, reconstructed the literary background and dissemination process of Cao Zhi's writing of "Luoshenfu" from the literary, artistic and historical levels, so as to break through the old-fashioned interpretation of the "Sense Zhen" theory and the "Sijun" theory, analyze the original meaning of Cao Zhi's writing of "Luoshenfu", and explore its literary vitality spanning thousands of years.
"Reading sages, knowing history, seeing life - "Lonely Sage" New Book Sharing Meeting", the author and professor of Shanghai Open University Bao Pengshan talked about Laozi's transparency, Confucius's persistence, Mencius's eagerness, Zhuangzi's elegance... Luo Yuming, a professor at the Department of Chinese of Fudan University, believes that from this book, it can be seen that the author has a grand and magnificent yearning for philosophers and life, and also has the vigorous vitality corresponding to the sage, in order to touch and interpret the sage.
"The thoughts of the pre-Qin zhuzi are full of passion and vitality at the beginning of culture and the beginning of life, concerned about the fate and living conditions of mankind, and pursuing the realm that human beings want to achieve." In Bao Pengshan's view, it is necessary to combine his own life feelings, return to the thoughts of the sages to find resonance, and connect with the sages spiritually and emotionally, which is more conducive to the pursuit of the essential problems of life. He advises the reader to look at tradition with a modern eye and absorb the essence of culture for use today.
Author: Xu Yang
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