Shen's thought of "reading" Running a magazine

Text/Liu Yewei Book magazine was founded in April 1979. At that time, the ninth session of plenary just held soon, the ideological circles, publishing is unusually active, so, some vicissitudes of the elderly Chen Hamber, Chen Yuan, widely, yidai, etc. together, set up the "reading" This journal of Thought review. From 1986 to 1995, Shen Life, reading and learning Sanlian General Manager and editor of Reading magazine. In the past 10 years, reading has introduced many new thoughts and viewpoints, which is regarded as one of the most influential journals in China. There is a word that once spread very widely: you can not read, but you have to read "reading." In the past, "reading" is not so much a scholar's lecture hall as it is a salon and teahouse for the gathering of scholars.　　All these are related to Shen's unique idea of running a magazine.　　Shen's "reading" Running the magazine thought can be divided into the following five points. "Three without" running the journal theory. Shen himself summed up the Journal of Reading magazine to run the idea of "three without" theory, that is, incompetent, inaction, without me. This "Three No" theory, one of the cheers. Wang Meng made a good play on this, he said: "Publishers, editors only into the eclectic No ' state, neither preconceived, unbiased, nor overly partisan in inclination, no excessive circle of the mountain (intentional or unintentional), no too much self-righteous and too small short-sighted, no too strong exclusivity, no overheating opportunity to enhance their own that is the accumulation of personal fame and wealth of motivation, can be eclectic to good manuscript, can really unite the different authors ... "Wang Meng's words are very good to point out the connotation of" three Shen ". It is this big "no" thought to make "reading" of "great". This great infinity as a reference, there is great mind, at the same time there is a great elasticity, not the rigid body of the irreducible, is a state without me, no desire is just, capacity is big. "Three without" running the Journal of "reading" to become an intellectual public club has created such a prerequisite: whether it is science or humanities, enlightenment, or postmodern, liberalism and "West Horse", "reading" All can be greeted with a smile, inclusive. This also makes the relationship between the author, editor and Reader of Book magazine, not simply the transaction between producers, sellers and consumers, but the knowledge and communication within the intelligentsia. Shen himself repeatedly stressed in a variety of occasions: "read a Journal of Thought review," the long-term adherence to the reader more and more (from twenty thousand or thirty thousand to 440,000), relying on nothing more than to recognize their limitations and incompetence.　　"Reading" For a generation of people to provide spiritual food, shen "three without" run the magazine Lun not. The bridge to the "elite culture". Since the beginning of the publication, "reading" has been paying attention to the biography and achievements of scholars, literati and writers, and has published many articles. Shen in the 4th issue of "Reading" magazine in 1987, "Reading" magazine to make "access to the ' elite Culture ' bridge": "Reading" The task is to introduce, guide, draw, it is not the main work in the academic establishment and achievements. If you canAnother noun to express the nature of reading, may be barely called it as a bridge culture, that people may be able to reach the "elite culture" of the other side, but it is not the other side. It is based on the idea of running a journal, reading has been closely concerned about the fate and status quo of culture, never blindly indifferent and detached.　　Compared with other publications of the same kind, "reading" clearly has to have more "ultimate care" for culture, to make itself more profound-a depth of understanding understood rather than esoteric. Advocate "Uniting knowledge". Since the publication of Book magazine, I have tried to introduce the situation of foreign cultural and reading circles to help readers broaden their horizons and broaden their options. The author of the book introduces overseas scholars from overseas, followed by the domestic scholar and professor, with his own study of new foreign theories, new ideas of the experience, sent to the text. In particular, the late students writing team to join the "reading" has a great help. Shen recognized that China needs to be helpful to modern knowledge, translation, publishing, Introduction is not enough, someone must go to acquaintance to do the work together. Therefore, the theory of foreign knowledge, "reading" that the cultural and academic fields must be open to the outside world, only to widely understand, absorb and analyze the new achievements abroad, can get out of the Chinese people's own path. While advocating overseas knowledge, Shen pay more attention to academic and cultural workers to do "uniting" knowledge of the work, "We do not abandon the traditional academic, and do not think that all ' Western learning ' that is the knowledge, but also do not advocate ' total Westernization ', however, uniting should be through to update, the knowledge should be used for uniting, Based on the idea of running a journal, the new theory of overseas scholars ' articles has gradually become a major feature of Shen's "reading".　　At that time, most of the first-class overseas scholars had written such articles on reading. Reading is neither fish nor fowl. Shen in the 4th issue of Reading Magazine in 1986, one critic liked to write a book about reading, and one time, because his comments were often commented on by the magazine in a "paper-style" call back, and then think of "reading"-It is not love published "nondescript" article! The "nondescript" is indeed a major feature of "reading" Run the magazine. The "nondescript" of reading is very different from the modern academic evaluation system--they are always interested in "sit" speeches: whether in institutions of higher learning or in scientific research institutions, the evaluation of the title of the material submitted to the general requirements of the article should be more than 3000 words, 3000 words below the strict meaning of the paper Can not be used as the basis for evaluating academic ability. Therefore, Shen that the current publication of the manuscript is not a voluminous academic papers, but a few thousand words "product book". It is not the author does not help, it is also difficult: these words, writing is not easy, but they can help the author comment on the title of the degree? "Reading" of "nondescript" can do is only "mental practice." Shen said: "' brain drills ' four words are wonderful, can be said to illuminate"Reading" The consistent intention ... This is the only thing that is going to be observed through reading. No matter what you are thinking, it is just ' mental practice ', ... To pass "reading" benefits can not do, even bo a ' Professor ' title is also difficult!　　"Based on such a positioning, reading does not regard itself as an academic magazine, but the reading or not of the article as their lifeline." Set up a Reader service day. "Reading" The beginning of the start-up, the founder is very careful to consult the community. In 1985, Shen's initiative began to set up a Reader service day, which is another feature of Shen's "reading". To a certain extent, the magazine's running ideas and a period of best-selling and Shen proposed "no theme, no host, no beginning, no end" has a great relationship. Reading magazine reader Service Day at least once a month, the location of the café. At that time, the practice is to ask the author of Reading, readers to sit down, casually drink coffee chat, the editors in the meantime, take the opportunity to understand information, advice. Through this way, "reading" has a steady stream of topics, according to these topics, editors to further solicit contributions. At the beginning of the Reader Service Day, the magazine also asked the publishing house to provide the most recent sample booklet, so that the authors, readers and publishers can highly evaluate and respond enthusiastically to the service day. Reading Editor bin the establishment of the Reader Service day that the Reader Service Day helps the editorial and publication of the magazine improve efficiency, "blow very concentrated, we on that day, an afternoon time, we can keep mouth and all kinds of people to deal with, in fact, for us, is a very substantial. Later, Shen feeling Service day activity scope is too narrow, only a few editorial department is doing, so decided in "reading" Magazine Open "book" Service Day page.　　About ten pages per issue, the activities in this area reflect the new books provided by the publication, introduce some of them, and express the views and requests of the participants. Editorial Department of the school newspaper of Xuzhou Normal University