Inheritance And Reform: A Comparative Study Of Zhang Yuanji And Wang Yunwu's Book Business

Zhang Yuanji and Wang Yunwu are representative figures in the history of Chinese modern book business.As the more influential two generation masters of the Commercial Press,they have an irreplaceable role and contribution to the development and transformation of modern Chinese books.It has provided a stage and position for promoting the social and cultural trend in modern times.Around 20th century is an important period for China to transform from tradition to modern society.Zhang Yuanji and Wang Yunwu,as representatives of cross era intellectuals and social elites,have typical characteristics in cultural transformation and development.Through the transformation and management of the Commercial Press,they set up the banner of inheriting and carrying forward the Chinese culture,using the production,processing and dissemination of the "books" to attract and cultivate a group of highly influential intellectuals,which cater for and shape a large number of readers who desire progress,and make them a Chinese society.An indispensable and indispensable force in the process of modernization.In the book business,whether it is the multi-faceted innovation of the publishing business,or the exploration and practice of the library business,they have been in the forefront of the time with their excellent ability and rich achievements,and even once reached the height of“North Peking University and South business”·Such proud achievements have shown us that the Commercial Press under the Zhang Yuanji and Wang Yunwu administration has not only left a strong point for the cultural inheritance of modern China,but also the seed of the cultural ideas of the modern society for their pioneering,enlightening and balanced cultural ideas.Therefore,the modern intellectuals' book business practice and their view of books and undertakings,represented by Zhang Yuanji and Wang Yunwu,are much more valuable than their own cultural values,and their significance to the social influence is more than the meaning of their cultural communication.It can be said that the course of Zhang Yuan ji and Wang Yunwu' s book business is the epitome of modern Chinese book industry moving from tradition to modernity.The Commercial Press under the main government of Zhang Yuanji and Wang Yunwu can become a typical representative of the modern Chinese book business.They are not only rooted and traditional as the masters of the government,but also lie in the traditional Chinese traditional culture on the traditional basis.The essence is introduced to the preface of society by means of market,making it an important part of modern Chinese society.They will influence the organic combination of social and cultural path,and reconnect with the imperial examination system to abolish the ideal passage for the intellectuals to participate in the social process after the abolition of the imperial examination system.It provides support and reliance for the intellectuals to realize the cultural self-consciousness and promote the cultural confidence of modern intellectuals,and opens a healthy way for the development of Chinese books.The professionalization and modernization of the publishing industry and librarianship have had a positive and far-reaching impact.From the perspective of history,culture,publishing,library and communication,this paper discusses and expounds the ecological environment after the disillusionment of the modern Chinese intellectuals,represented by Zhang Yuanji and Wang Yunwu,and their choice of modern career and their pursuit of value.The thesis combines the career process of Zhang Yuanji and Wang Yunwu with the changes of modern times with the method of sociology.From the beginning of the twentieth Century to the early Republic of the Republic of China,the development of various social movements and thoughts,and then to the confrontation and debate of the ideological and cultural circles during the war of resistance,and so on,reveals the innovation of the book undertakings under their respective main affairs.The friendship and difference between them;the analysis and comparison of the books,authors,readers' relationship network and their book business view formed by them.With the method of comparative history,the comparison of the longitudinal and the similarities and differences between the front and back stages of the time series is discussed,and the horizontal differences and similarities of the homogeneity problems in the space series are compared,and the more stereoscopic and vivid characters and images are outlined.