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"Reading People and Reading the World" is a collection of essays and academic book reviews written by Mr. Chen Wanxiong, a senior publisher, a well-known figure in Hong Kong's cultural circles, and the president of Hong Kong United Publishing Group. The whole book is divided into three parts: reading people and reading the world, the inspiration of inheriting the teachings, and historical miscellaneous remarks. It describes the author's experience and feelings of interacting with famous cultural publishing figures such as Shen Congwen, Qi Gong, and Chen Yuan in his work and life, his experiences in the process of being taught from elementary school to university, and his thoughts on several famous works by Huang Renyu, He Bingdi, etc. The author uses plain language, profound cultural heritage, and different angles of people, events, and books as clues. It contains vivid and touching life stories as well as in-depth and unique academic insights, outlining the relationship between people and the world, and also reflecting the author's life wisdom and profound academic heritage.

This book is a type of "Dongguan Humanities Series". The author, Chen Wanxiong, is a native of Dongguan and specializes in the study of the history of modern Chinese thought and culture. This book mainly includes articles on academic culture and book reviews written by the author before he was 65 years old, except for his monographs. The book is divided into six parts: including essays, academic essays, book reviews, essays, character reviews, teacher memories, etc. The whole book has about 600,000 words.

The importance of the historical role and significance of the May 4th New Culture Movement should not be too focused on measuring the effectiveness of the innovative plans proposed by the intellectuals at that time, but should face up to their ability to evade and dare to expose all the problems that China must face to get rid of its bad luck and move towards modernization. Only at this point can the Chinese have a thorough understanding of their predicament. The advocating force of the May 4th New Culture Movement was the representative of the first generation of "modern intellectuals" in modern China and the first generation of "modernists" in modern China. The historical environment of profound national crisis and the unique educational background that coincided with the situation endowed this generation of "modernists" with a strong historical character. Analyzing these historical characteristics can reflect the rich content of the May Fourth New Culture Movement.