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"The Scholar's Journey" is the first novel by Nie Zhenning, a famous publisher, writer, and reading expert. It gives a detailed and wonderful description of the appearance of education, human nature and other themes in a special historical period. It is unique and timeless. Yishan No. 1 Middle School is a small experimental field. The educational experiments conducted by Qin Ziyan and Shu Zhenhao are beautiful and touching. The work describes truth, goodness and beauty with profound emotional power, and explains the connotation of truth, goodness and beauty with patient and meticulous pen and ink, making people feel inspired. The characters in the book are successfully created and unforgettable. In addition to the protagonist couple, Principal Wei, Vice Principal Lan, and non-local teachers including Secretary Ma all have distinctive personalities. Of course, the villain Lin Maokun and other characters also have vivid expressions and voices. This is a work that was carefully thought out and conceived, including the title, which has multiple meanings. It is not only the integration of books and practice, scholars and society, the scene and landscape of friction and collision, but also a slightly cruel aria of youth, which is both narrative and lyrical.

"The Art of Reading" compiles more than 60 essays, comments and speeches by the famous publisher and writer Nie Zhenning on reading, books and even publishing. The author entered the publishing industry as a reader and author and has been working in the industry for decades. He has long-term and detailed observation and unique understanding of the value of reading, the significance and prospects of publishing, and takes "reading" as the entry point to have in-depth thinking about the entire cultural ecology. The author is both a "writer" and a "publisher", and has always been a "scholar". "The Art of Reading" is just such a book based on a long-lasting and deep emotion and responsibility for reading and culture. This book contains four parts, namely, the philosophy of reading, reading methods, reading thoughts and reading notes. "Philosophy of Reading" mainly discusses the value of reading, the purpose of reading, and the relationship between reading and various aspects of human society; "Methods of Reading" discusses specific methods of reading, which together with the philosophy of reading constitute the overall art of reading; "Random Thoughts on Reading" focuses on a series of thoughts triggered by the current various reading life. The "Reading Notes" are a group of practices of reading methods and explanations of some classic must-read books.