【Editor's Note】In order to meet the reading needs of readers for classic good books and encourage the planning and publication of readable and collectable humanities and social sciences books, the "2020 Top Ten Humanities and Social Sciences Good Books of Oriental Publishing House" was freshly released by the selection committee composed of ten experts and scholars, famous book critics and senior media people. "Beijing Subway Station Famous History", "China Ancient Bridge Chronicle", "Chen Lemin's New Compilation (all 9 kinds)", "The Truth of History", "My Economic Thinking Class", "B Representative Bauhaus", "See the Ghost: Reading Notes of Ancient Chinese Zhiwei Novels", "Tree Shadow Dove People: Hutong Beijing's Fun and Nostalgia", "Trade and Reason", "Russian Millennium Culture and Art (all two volumes)" are on the list.
Jury members (in alphabetical order by last name)
Huang Jiwei: Columnist, publisher, book critic, and word collector
Green Tea: Independent book reviewer, founder of Green Tea Book
Ling Jia: General Manager of Baidao Network
Li Xueqin: Editor-in-chief of XinhuaNet Yue Reading Channel
Liu Yisi: Senior media personality, book critic, editor-in-chief of Shenzhen Special Economic Zone News New Reading Weekly
Ma Yong: Researcher and doctoral supervisor of the Institute of Modern History, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences
Qiao Huantian: Vice President and Secretary General of the Chinese Editorial Association
Wang Wei: Former editor-in-chief of China Reading Newspaper
Xie Xizhang: Independent book critic and scholar of modern history
Yang Ping: Vice President of the China Book Critics Association
"Beijing Subway Station Famous"/Hu Liping/Oriental Publishing House
The book won the unanimous praise of the judges, and Qiao Huantian, vice president of the China Editorial Association, believes that the book is rich in pictures and texts, integrating knowledge, practicality, popularity, interest and readability, just like an old Beijinger, taking the subway station as the "coordinate", telling the reader about the history and culture related to it, unique and interesting. Ling Jia, general manager of Baidao Network, believes that this is a very good local history, and has found a very good perspective to care about Beijing's historical evolution, geographical landscape, customs and culture, etc., compared with similar works in the past, it has a very obvious advantage. "We see too many zhishu, taking the route of professional publishing, heavy and locked in various bookcases, except for a few researchers, most people can only worship. But the beauty of this book is that it allows ordinary people to embed themselves in Beijing's vast and profound history and culture from their daily lives, along with countless highly related and well-known station names. At the end of 2020, this book won the title of "Most Beautiful Book" in China in 2020, in addition to the readable and easy to read content, the design of this book is also quite ingenious and eye-catching.
Chronicle of China's Ancient Bridges / Kong Qingpu / Oriental Publishing House
This is a fairly weighty academic book, the completeness and meticulousness of the materials and the uniqueness of combing the history of China's ancient bridges have made it stand out among many books and have been highly recognized by many judges. Li Xueqin, editor-in-chief of Xinhuanet Yue Reading Channel, commented on the book, saying that "the ancient bridges of China, which have both practical and aesthetic value, are now becoming scarce in the land of Shenzhou, and it is a matter of immeasurable merit to rescue and store photos for those ancient bridges that are disappearing and about to disappear", fully affirming its academic value and social value. Mr. Mao Yisheng, a giant of Chinese bridge engineering, once said to Kong Qingpu, the author of this book: "You have demolished and inspected so many ancient bridges, you are qualified to write ancient bridge technology books, you can write, you are the only one!" This "Chronicle of Ancient Bridges in China", which can be called the "encyclopedia" of China's ancient bridge technology, was deeply anticipated and came into being. This book strictly selects 1749 ancient bridges before the Qing Dynasty, strictly follows the classification of stone arch bridges, brick and stone arch bridges, stone beam bridges, stone pier platform wooden beam bridges, wooden bridges, wooden bridges, and iron cable bridges, and the technical data, structural forms and construction methods of ancient bridges are described in almost no waste words, providing a solid, systematic and rich historical foundation for future generations to study the skills of Chinese ancient bridge technology, and also building a knowledge bridge that will never collapse for readers to understand China's ancient bridges.
"New Edition of Chen Lemin's Works (All 9 Kinds)" / Chen Lemin / Oriental Publishing House
The Oriental Publishing House has launched nine works of Mr. Chen Lemin at the same time, bringing together his major academic achievements over the past few decades, including "Notes on Enlightenment", "The Process of European Civilization", "Europe in the 20th Century", "Reading History", "Looking at Europe, Thinking about China", "Philosophical Sayings", "Searching for Reason in the Book Nest", "Mountains and Rivers", "Between China and the West", as the participating experts said, the most valuable point of the Oriental version of Mr. Chen Lemin's collection is that in the past collation, Mr. Chen's never-known manuscript was added. And the "lost pearls" scattered in various publications, it can be called an article event, with both market value and documentary value. Xie Xizhang, a well-known book critic, said that Mr. Chen Lemin is an expert in international politics and European studies with rich education, and a scholar who is devoted to the comparative study of Chinese and Western history and culture. Mr. Chen is a person who "spans two generations", that is, the last generation of "old intellectuals" and the first generation of "new intellectuals", and his articles also take into account both Chinese and Western, ancient and modern, while facing the history of Western civilization, while facing Chinese culture and history, both philosophical contemplation and historical observation. Ma Yong, a researcher at the Institute of Modern History of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, believes that Mr. Chen Lemin is a well-educated university in contemporary China, who has studied through China and the West, opened up ancient and modern times, and has both profound theoretical attainments, academic roots, and rich diplomatic activities. Reading his books and thinking of his people, he is a learned thinker and a thoughtful scholar.
The Truth of Historiography / Zhang Genghua / Oriental Publishing House
This book is an important historical work of this year, which not only provides a methodological sense of historical management, but also opens up a way to view history beyond its predecessors in a higher dimension, which is worth reading for historians and enthusiasts. Judge Ma Yong spoke highly of the book, arguing that China has the longest history of writing, and its output is also a rare historical work, but Chinese history has always been only an empirical writing and expression, and theoretical exploration has not been so active. The poverty of the philosophy of history dooms The writing of Chinese history has always been difficult to transcend, and even the Second Sima is only a kind of historical record, and it is difficult to obtain inspiration in the sense of historical philosophy. This book is a rare philosophical reflection on history in this era, and many of the issues discussed are worthy of continuous exploration by historical practitioners.
"My Economic Thinking Class" / Zhang Jun / Oriental Publishing House
This book was selected into the "China Good Book List", and Yang Ping, vice president of the China Book Critics Association, spoke highly of the book. He believes that a good book should have two important meanings, one is to have a unique and profound ideological connotation, and the other is to arouse the interest of readers, which in turn triggers the pursuit of deeper knowledge. Because even if a book is deep, the information it contains is limited, and the book "My Economic Thinking Lesson" is a representative of the book that does a good job on the second point, which stimulates the public's interest in economic knowledge, thus triggering readers to be willing to read at a deeper level. Liu Yisi, a senior media person, book reviewer and editor-in-chief of the Shenzhen Special Economic Zone News New Reading Weekly, also agrees with this view, saying: "Our daily life is inseparable from the influence of the economy, but the economy is the easiest for everyone to ignore, and economics is also a discipline that many readers are afraid of. Compared with the current large number of books on economic history and economic principles in the book market, Zhang Jun's book is concise and light, he starts from the concept, interprets it, and makes a wonderful analogy, supplemented by case studies, step by step to train our economic thinking, expand our perspective and understanding of economic problems (and even the world). And the question-and-answer mode set up throughout the book makes it easier for us to focus on the bullseye, in one arrow.
"B for the Bauhaus" / Diye Sadich by Qi Menghan Translation / Oriental Publishing House
This is a rather eye-catching alternative masterpiece in the works of the Oriental Publishing House this year, which extends the spiritual core of the book content to the binding design, presents an aesthetic taste from the inside out, and also makes paper book reading an irreplaceable comprehensive enjoyment in the current new media era. Judge Ling Jia commented: "This should be said to be a book that integrates high-quality content, excellent editorial creativity, and excellent binding, and is a good book worth recommending to readers to read, buy and collect." Li Xueqin commented: "As a book published by Diye Sadic, the spiritual teacher of contemporary design, how can you get your hands on it without a sense of design? "B for the Bauhaus" is a small book with unique design 'baggage' from binding to content. From the back cover of the cover to the inside page, there are only black, white and silver colors, and even the author's personal photo is omitted, which is minimalist and cool. The book is bound with a bare ridge lock line, and the black line is strung together with white pages, which can be completely flattened at any time, which is pleasant and comfortable. The most surprising thing is that the book's outer envelope can be fully unfolded and turned into a double-sized double-sided poster. Liu Yisi highly appreciated "B for the Bauhaus" from another perspective: "Don't think that this book is just a book about modern design, in fact, it covers modern and contemporary avant-garde art, scientific and technological development, the use of utensils, fashion trends and other aspects, and there are interconnected, a furnace ... There are also his social interactions and life feelings in the text, so that readers can easily resonate with synaesthesia. ”
"See the Ghost" / There is a ghost Jun / Oriental Publishing House
The book was endorsed by Wang Wei, the former editor-in-chief of The China Reading Newspaper, who quoted the Zhonghua Reading Newspaper's evaluation of the book: "This book salvages all kinds of ghosts scattered in ancient Chinese Zhiwei novels, regards the documentary materials of ghosts as ethnography, and uses a smooth narrative to write about the daily life of ghosts, the society of ghosts, the politics of ghosts, and the relationship between people and ghosts." Whether it is Japan, South Korea, China or Southeast Asian countries, there is a general respect for 'ghosts', which includes both the worship of ancestors and the reverence of other types of ghosts. If you use a pair of "ghost eyes" to re-examine Chinese culture, Asian culture and even Western culture, you may see more and more different than ever. Xie Xizhang also believes that there is a ghost Jun's "Seeing Ghosts", which can be described as a new era of ghost talk. Although the stories in it are mostly based on ancient Zhiwei novels and literati notes, the narrative is humorous and witty, and the clever writing is exquisite, which is appetizing to read. And not for the sake of talking about ghosts, but also about people, the magic lies in the love of people, and get the fun of ghosts. It can be said that the book is both a rare ethnography of outliers and a collection of light-hearted sketches based on ghosts.
"Tree Shadow Dove Man" / Kang Han Painting Lu Yuanwen / Oriental Publishing House
Hutongs are the roots of Beijingers and the cultural context of Beijing City, where there are the most authentic lives and memories of old Beijingers. In the book "Tree Shadow Dove People: The Fun and Nostalgia of Hutong Beijing", the painter Kang Han and Beijing folklore expert Lu Yuan have been polished for ten years, and have integrated nearly 100 new works of hutongs with unique techniques with nearly 100 plump and timeless hutong biographies, perfectly presenting a weathered hutong Beijing to readers. The pencil hutongs in Guan Han's pen are not how realistic they are, but the most touching thing is the casual and generous spiritual connotation of old Beijing that is revealed behind these works. The simple lines of the pencil and the thick gray tone are most suitable for expressing the charm of old Beijing - the mottled walls of the fragments, the texture of the brick and stone weathering, the time of the old locust tree, the rings of the hutongs, and the people's lives, people's emotions, people's emotions, people's thoughts, and people's stories can be seen everywhere in the painting. Combined with Lu Yuan's delicate text, each alley is like a thick epic, telling readers about the moving past. Huang Jiwei, a well-known columnist, publisher and book critic, commented on the book: "If there were no large and small hutongs depicted by the painter Kang Han in this book, such as Caochang East Lane, Beiluogu Lane, Garden East Lane, Lingguang West Lane, Xiejia Hutong, Arrow Factory Hutong, Bureau Toutiao, Shique Hutong, East Cotton Hutong, Yanle Hutong, Fuqiang Hutong, Dacaochang Hutong, etc., probably only dry entries would remain. ”
Green Tea, a well-known book critic who also has a lot of experience in painting, also believes that the author's painting style is very distinctive, and Kang Han's depiction of hutongs is very picturesque. The pursuit of depth and temperature in humanities and social science books has reached a considerable level in this work.
Trade and Reason / Zheng Yongnian / Oriental Publishing House
This book is a systematic and rational reflection on future trade trends by Professor Zheng Yongnian, a well-known expert on China issues. This book is logical, readable, and an excellent reading that allows the public to rationally view the global situation and Sino-US relations.
"Russian Millennium Culture and Art" Series / By Dmitry Likhachev / Jiao Dongjian Dong Jasmine Translation / Oriental Publishing House
The series is composed of two books, "Russian Millennium Art: From Ancient Rus to Avant-garde" and "Russian Millennium Culture: From Ancient Rus to the Present", which comprehensively sorts out the significance and development process of Russia's millennium cultural history and art history, and is a lifelong research summary of the giants of Russian cultural history comparable to Tolstoy and Dostoevsky. The author, Dmitry Likhachev, devoted his life to the collection, collation and research of Ancient Rus' literature and culture, and was hailed as "the intellectual symbol of Russia in the 20th century" and "a monument to the Russian cultural community". Judge Yang Ping believes that Russian art and culture are very deep, the current domestic research is far from enough, this book just fills the gap in the Russian culture and art books in China's book market, both temperament and content are very attractive, and the study of Russian culture, art, literature is also particularly conducive to the development of China's culture and art.