On March 27, Yun Juntao, president of The Readers' Publishing Group Gansu Culture Publishing House, was interviewed by China News Network, telling the story of planting the fertile cultural soil of Gansu. Photo by Zhang Jing
Lanzhou, March 28 (Zhang Jing) In the market-oriented environment of the publishing industry, the Readers Publishing Group Gansu Culture Publishing House is about to enter the 30th year of its establishment, and it still continues to "rejuvenate the society with culture, with a cultural heart and with a cultural heart", and Yun Juntao, as the president of the company, will also usher in his 17th year as a publisher. ”
Yun Juntao said in an exclusive interview with a reporter from China News Network on the 28th that as of now, the society has published more than 5760 kinds of books, especially since 2010, they have obtained a total of 46 national key projects, and the books published have historical value, with academic, original, informative, inheritable, and readable, and are committed to telling the story of the times of cultural self-confidence.
"The key to achieving the above achievements is to base ourselves on Gansu." For example, Yun Juntao said that the historical and ancient books and documents here are rich and unique, and there are about 1.4 million ancient books and documents in the province, most of which are scattered in various libraries, archives, museums and even folk, and have not been well protected nor effectively developed and utilized.
On December 1, 2020, citizens walked out of the Reader's Station located in Jincheng Park, Xigu District, Lanzhou. (Infographic) Photo by Gao Zhan
In this regard, Gansu Province launched the compilation of the "Longyou Wenku" in 2020, which is the first large-scale collation and compilation and publication of ancient books in the province, and plans to compile and complete the 10 sub-libraries of 10 sub-libraries with 40 volumes and 500 volumes of the article design in 10 years.
Yun Juntao, who participated in this work, said that the "Longyou Wenku" is composed of 10 sub-libraries, including Fang Zhi, works, Jinshi documents, excavated documents, archives, ethnic minority literature, folk treasure volumes, catalogues, bibliographic summaries, and appendix libraries.
He said that the humanistic publishing house adheres to the feeling of creating a series of "specialized and new" high-quality books, which is also the publishing characteristics that the Reader Publishing Group insists on. Gansu Culture Publishing House is based on the existing thick history and culture, to excavate resources, such as Dunhuang Studies, Western Xia Studies, Tibetan Studies, JianMu Studies, as well as ancient book collation, do a good job of timely rescue and sorting, and show it in a vivid form, issue a "Gansu Voice", and provide readers with high-quality content.
On August 21, 2021, Lanzhou citizens visited the Readers' Museum. (Infographic) Photo by Gao Zhan
Yun Juntao took the "Research on the Archaeological Documents of dunhuang Mogao Grottoes Numbering" published by the society as an example, saying that to sort out and study the relationship between the numbering and comparison of Mogao Grottoes, it is necessary to comprehensively apply multidisciplinary theories such as Dunhuang studies, archaeology, art history, philology, and collation surveying with a grand academic vision, comb through historical materials, map history, vertical combing, and horizontal comparison, and finally realize the academic purpose of exploring the mysterious suowei.
"Publishing a good book, from planning, editing, to reviewing, and even to publicity, reflects the academic quality and professional quality of the publisher everywhere." For example, Yun Juntao said that when publishing Dunhuang studies books, he would provide readers with a knowledge framework, or a section of Dunhuang's history and culture in the book, or one of the stories, to provide readers with spiritual food with nutrients, knowledge, and academic guidance, rather than blindly pandering to the market. (End)