1999年是叶圣陶先生诞辰105周年。叶圣陶在决定中国命运的关键年代,奋斗了大半个世纪,经历了旧中国向新中国的转变。他的思想和实践活动,涉及到文化教育、文学艺术、编辑出版、语言文字等许多重要领域,深深扎根在人们心中。叶圣陶的编辑出版思想和实践,是他学术思想、社会活动中的重要组成部分,是他留给后人的也是我们引以为荣的宝贵精神财富。 叶圣陶编辑思想的核心是一切为了读者。他的编辑出版活动的全部用心,就是为了读者。“读者”两字在他的编辑出版著作中是出现次数最多的字眼之一。他在新中国成立后的第一届全国出版会议上说:我们要“认定这么个方向,为的是为 1999 is the 105th anniversary of Mr. Ye Shengtao’s birth. Ye Shengtao struggled for more than half a century in the crucial era of deciding China’s fate and underwent the transformation from old China to new China. His ideological and practical activities involve many important areas such as culture, education, literature and art, editing and publishing, and language writing, and are deeply rooted in people’s minds. Ye Shengtao’s editing and publishing thoughts and practices are an important part of his academic thoughts and social activities. What he leaves for his descendants and our precious spiritual wealth, which he is proud of, is his inspiration and practice. The core of Ye Shengtao’s editorial thought is everything for readers. The whole heart of his editing and publishing activities is for the reader. The word “reader” is one of the most frequently appearing in his editorial work. He said at the first national publishing conference after the founding of New China: We should "find such a direction in order to