On December 19th, the publishing seminar of "Chinese Excellent Traditional Culture Classic Series" was held in Beijing. The publishing project is supported by the Chinese Culture Academy and the Chinese Practical Studies Research Association, and organized and coordinated by the Shan Pin Tang Cultural Publishing Institution. As an important cultural publishing project in the new era, the series of books is composed of Lou Yulie, a famous scholar, professor of Peking University and honorary dean of the Institute of Religious culture of Peking University, as the chairman of the editorial board, the famous publisher Nie Zhenning as the vice chairman, and many heavyweight experts and scholars as consultants and editorial board members. The publishing project is planned to be completed in two parts: first, organize experts and scholars to complete the annotated Chinese publication of two hundred chinese outstanding traditional cultural classics, so that "the words written in ancient books can come alive"; second, organize translators to complete the translation and publication of two hundred Chinese excellent traditional cultural classics in foreign languages, tell Chinese stories well, and contribute Chinese wisdom and Chinese values to the world.
Lou Yulie pointed out that the series of books should be simple and simple, concise and enlightening, although it is not easy, it still depends on the joint efforts of colleagues. Nie Zhenning pointed out that this project meets the needs of "reading for all", which is exactly what the times need and readers need, and will inevitably contribute to the construction of a "bookish society" and the construction of a cultural power. Li Zhonghua, vice president of the Chinese Culture Academy, pointed out that "the popularization of humanities involves the connotation and extension of many concepts, which must be both popular and accurate, and may be more difficult than writing an academic work." He suggested that the bibliographic selection should be particularly careful while being inclusive, paying particular attention to being more accurate while popularizing.
Wang Jie, president of the China Practical Studies Research Association, director of the Organizing Committee for the Study of Chinese Studies by Leading Cadres, secretary general of the National Joint Conference of Confucian Societies, and professor of the Philosophy Department of the Party School of the CPC Central Committee (National School of Administration), pointed out that it is necessary to scientifically and rigorously select bibliographies, achieve expert recognition and social recognition, pay attention to recruiting young scholars and senior scholars to take charge of classic translations, and pay attention to improving the level of classic translations and the value of reading and collecting series of books.
Chen Lai, Qian Zongwu, Cao Hongxin, Zhang Qicheng, Zhu Xiaojian and other heavyweight experts and scholars, and responsible persons of Qingdao Publishing Group, China Economic Publishing House, Nova Publishing House, and Hualing Publishing House attended the meeting. The meeting conducted a full discussion on the publication of the series of books, and the experts and scholars attending the meeting unanimously affirmed the value and significance of the project, and put forward many valuable suggestions for the publication of the series.
