Panning The Sand To See The Gold And Stringing The Beads:a Study Of Wang Yunwu’s Editing Thought

Through systematically straightening out and summarizing Wang Yunwu’s practice of editing,his editing thoughts are refined,which is of great academic value and practical guidance in the editing and publishing discipline system construction.The study is conducted in the following aspects: the formation of Wang Yunwu’s editing and publishing thoughts,the connotation of his editing ideas,the important transformation of his thoughts and the enlightenment of his editing thoughts toward the current editing and publishing work,yielding crucial reference value for enriching the theoretical research of editing and publishing.Wang Yunwu’s editing thoughts are formed in practice,and deeply influenced by the incentive of individual initiative as well as the social and historical development.Via the investigation of Wang Yunwu’s personal experience,it is tempting to find that from the editor of Citizenship Series to the general manager of the Commercial Press,during this “step-by-step” change in life,his editing thoughts also gradually change from germination to formation and further consolidation.From modern to contemporary times,Wang Yunwu practices his ideas with the Commercial Press as a platform.It is a vital formative period of his thoughts when entering the Commercial Press Compilation Institute,during which the alternation of old and new ideas and the combination of Chinese and western ideas are fully manifested in the publication edited by Wang Yunwu.After becoming the general manager of the Commercial press,with the expansion of his authority,he could better play his role.During this time,the disaster triggered by wars to the nation has also inflicted cultural development.Wang Yunwu immediately shoulders the historical responsibility of` inheriting the culture,and his editing ideas turn to be mature.After serving as chairman of the Taiwan Commercial Press,he brings about a cultural revival of Taiwanese culture,and his large series of publications showed that Wang Yunwu’s thoughts has been stable during this period.Wang Yunwu emphasizes the scientific characteristics of materials selecting and the enlightenment nature of materials used in editing and publishing,and realizes the purpose of "sifting sand to see gold" through talents screening,scientific management,and cautious attitude.In the practice of editing and publishing,with his unique prospective and keen insight,Wang Yunwu polishes the gained “gold” to “beads” and“strings them through thread”,and his work,Universal Library Stack,is a perfect embodiment of this process.The editorial ideas of “sifting sand to see gold” and“stringing beads through thread” are gradually formed in the decades of editing and publishing practice.By systematically sorting out and studying it,Wang Yunwu’s editing and publishing thoughts are found to be of crucial edification value for the current work.The editorial art of “stringing beads through thread”,the editorial ability to select the outstanding ones among plenty of literature and introduce the innovative,the editorial spirit of “sifting sand to see gold”,the editorial view of covering Chinese and western knowledge and the editorial operation philosophy of managing the calculation are all the principles of the times important to uphold for the editors and publishers in this era.