Reserach On A Great Editor:Wu Daohong

Wu Daohong(1929-)is a contemporary editor in China.He has been engaged in editing work since 1950.Before his retirement,he was the editor-in-chief of the People's Publishing House.After retired,he became a journal editor served as the executive editor of Publication Archives.He was stove to the development of the editorial publishing cause in New China.As the first generation of editors after the founding of New China,he devoted himself to editing.His editing career can be divided into four parts: started to work in SDX Joint Publishing Company in Shanghai,edited Marxist-Leninist books in People's Publishing House,devoted himself to the editing and publishing books,supervised the publication of Publication Archives.He were specialized in publishing Chinese and foreign literature and history books,learning by editing,and mining book topics in academic research.In the long-term editing practice,Wu Daohong has accumulated rich editing experience and formed his own editing view.The first was that editors should be scholars.It's believed that editors can be occupied in editing work and academic research and became an important force for academic research.Therefore,editors should conduct unique research.The second was the education and practice-oriented personal training concept.In the growth of editor,publishing education played a fundamental role,while on-the-job training was also important.Last and more important,the editor self-cultivation was the universal way.The third was the view of the author,including respecting the author's manuscript,caring about the author's life,encouraging the author to create,uniting new and old authors to build the author team.The fourth was to optimize resources and publicize books according to the specific conditions.Editors engaged in book publicity should make good use of book reviews to endorsement for books,use the author's halo to feature the books,enrich the back cover of book to promote books for free.At the same time,Wu Daohong is a book reviewer,and has contributed toconstructing the basic theoretical system of book reviews,explaining the social and cultural relations of book reviews,and summarizing the specific methods of writing book review.By analyzing his editing activities and book review activities,it can find that there was an interactive relationship between editing activities and book review activities.On the one hand,the editing characteristics were cast in book review activities,which were reflected in the intersection of book review writing and editing writing,the conscious fit of book review and professional sensitivity,and the high relevance of book review objects and editing texts.On the other hand,the book review activity highlighted its editorial view,specifically the consciousness of decoration with emphasis on content,the consciousness of scholars who payed attention to editorial studies,and the author's consciousness in book review.Wu Daohong left valuable wealth to younger editors,reminding editors to combine editing with research and promote the development of re'dactology;attach importance to book promotion and optimize editing services;advocate editor writing and improve editor tastes.