王云五与近代教育出版家的主体意识——以《商务印书馆与新教育年谱》为考察中心

Modern education publishing, especially the publication of textbooks, is an important driving force, as well as an epitome of Chinese education modernization. Wang Yunwu, a famous educational publisher and leader of the Commercial Press (the largest, first private-owned institution of educational publishing in modern China) for 25 years, never ceased his reflection and review on the educational publishing activities and undertakings of the Commercial Press. On the basis of a series of treatises and books, Wang Yunwu accomplished his masterpiece A Chronicle of the Commercial Press and New Education. With a unique perspective of the interactive relationship between the Commercial Press and modern Chinese education, and a stress on the peculiar status and function of modern publishing itself, the book cogently reveals the subjective consciousness of modern Chinese educational publishers represented by Wang Yunwu. It also serves as a typical and vivid case to help future publishers to observe and understand the interconnectedness and interactive relationship between publishing and education.