Reading, Listening, Thinking, and Writing
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Editor's review
What you gain from this book is not a set of replicable techniques but intellectual illumination and an expanded horizon. Its discussions of Kant, Hegel, and classical works (such as those of Beethoven and Mahler) are not dense academic papers but warm personal reflections and associations that build a bridge for readers to approach humanistic classics. At the same time, the author's thoughts on the nature of publishing, the cultivation of editors, and the fate of reading in the digital age offer genuine insights from inside the industry and are highly relevant to the present. The style is calm, restrained, and dense, revealing between the lines a commitment to intellectual order in a noisy age. It is more like a "slow medicine" to nourish the mind—best read quietly and closely, following the author's thoughts on a deep spiritual excursion.
Who it's for
A good fit for
- Readers with an inner need for deep reading and humanistic reflection
- Publishing, media, and cultural professionals who want to combine personal interests with a professional vision
- Classical music lovers, especially those who wish to understand the philosophical and cultural meanings behind the music
- Modern readers seeking systematic thinking and spiritual grounding in an age of fragmented information
Not a good fit for
- Pragmatists expecting specific reading methods or quick writing techniques
- Readers who prefer highly plot-driven, entertaining works
Reading tips
- It is not necessary to read from beginning to end; start with chapters on music, philosophy, or publishing according to your interests
- For a deeper experience, pair the reading with the classics or musical works mentioned in the book
- Best read when calm and with ample time; read one or two essays at a time and leave room for reflection
About the publisher
Jiangsu People's Publishing House is known for works in history, literature and the social sciences. Judging from its catalog, it focuses on modern Chinese history, classical literary appreciation and scholarly research. Representative titles include historical works such as Kuomintang-Communist Cooperation and the National Revolution, 1924–1927 and A Record of Combat on the Front Lines of China's War of Resistance Against Japan, literary and visual documents such as Sun Wen's Illustrated Complete Dream of the Red Chamber, and scholarly collections such as Chen Yinke's Collected Works of Hanliu Hall. Translations such as The Dust Bowl and Anti-Intellectualism in American Life reflect an interest in overseas social and cultural studies. Its authors include historians Wang Qisheng, Huang Yuzhang and Guo Rugui, as well as figures associated with classical literature such as Cao Xueqin and Sun Wen. Common categories include history, literary appreciation, essays and miscellaneous writings, and social-science and cultural titles, showing a balance between historical scholarship and literature and between academic and popular publishing. Because public information is limited, this overview is based only on the books in the catalog.
Contents
- 版权信息
- 第一乐章 读听思写
- 智慧是终生自我教育一步步前行的结果
- 读、思、写：人一生的劳动
- 读、思、写的几个终点
- 文化人士的读思写听
- 出版人和他的阅读
- 我读，一直读到终点
- 公号一周年的写作思考
- 公号两周年的写作思考
- 听见音乐的三个阶段
- 小心古典音乐的海洋
- 第五种听是情景的听
- 听，交响曲的声音
- “凤凰·留声机”丛书总序
- 普通听众的古典音乐
- 主题和变奏
- 第二乐章 ——阅读
- 南京师范学院的购书记忆
- “党人”不存，国将焉附？
- 公元九世纪
- 两宋党争
- 崇祯皇帝
- “海外中国研究丛书”三十二年出版纪念语
- 《英帝国史》是一部小型的世界近代史
- 鲁迅三书
- 叶舟的《敦煌本纪》：重塑长篇小说的古典气场和尊严
- “五有”艺术家柯军
- 纳粹德国：一部新的历史
- 纳粹大屠杀的根源来自哪里？
- 当代经济史的真实面目
- 和哲学家在一起的日子
- 现代化—现代社会—现代性
- 三重社会
- 海德格尔的“新人”
- 文学阅读和阅读文学
- 城市文学书写的意义和核心：人民的城市
- 诗人的圆桌
- 生存—成长—成功：从约翰·契弗那里想到的事情
- 说说哈罗德·布鲁姆
- 朱利安·巴恩斯的肖斯塔科维奇
- 艺术不要耽于“美”
- 第三乐章 ——听乐
- 用几句话说说13位音乐家
- 说不尽的塞巴斯蒂安·巴赫
- 莫扎特的另一面
- 贝多芬的英雄风格
- 肖邦：藏在音乐里的诗人
- 舒曼：一位中产阶级知识分子音乐家
- 李斯特：“三面五地”的大师
- 你会永远爱着勃拉姆斯
- 说不尽的古斯塔夫·马勒
- 马勒的第一交响曲
- 马勒的第二交响曲
- 马勒的第三交响曲
- 马勒的第四交响曲
- 马勒的第五交响曲
- 马勒的第六交响曲
- 马勒的第七交响曲
- 马勒的第八交响曲
- 马勒的《大地之歌》
- 马勒的第九交响曲
- 马勒的艺术歌曲套曲
- 德彪西的四面
- 西贝柳斯音乐的四个乐章
- 拉赫玛尼诺夫：永远的新人
- 序曲和随想曲：洗尽铅华的圣乐
- 俄罗斯音乐会
- 意大利音乐会
- 法国音乐会
- 西班牙音乐会
- 英国音乐会
- 古典音乐的伦敦记忆和联想
- 音乐的首尔记忆和联想
- 博伊伦的诗歌
- 《美丽的磨坊女》和“消极的”浪漫主义
- 三个音乐片段
- 埃瑞克·萨蒂的两部钢琴曲
- 能和布鲁克纳走多远
- 布鲁克纳的第七交响曲
- 布鲁克纳的第三交响曲之前
- 布鲁克纳的第三交响曲
- 布鲁克纳的第四交响曲
- 布鲁克纳的第五交响曲
- 布鲁克纳的第六交响曲
- 布鲁克纳的第八交响曲
- 布鲁克纳的第九交响曲
- 长期聆听古琴后留下的四个片段
- 第四乐章 ——零碎而结构的思考和写作
- 要“命”还是要分数
- 一场最残酷的人生抉择和斗争
- 如何获得想象力和创造力
- 职业教育必须高、上、通
- 教育也需要绿水青山、金山银山
- 关于语文“多余的”几点想法
- 语文不是玄学
- 语文是一棵树，不是一头骡子
- 普通人的语文
- 我们遗漏的教育
- 家庭教育和终生教育
- 终生的自我教育是最重要的教育
- 理想的教育和实际的教育
- 终生教育—学习和出版业
- 一位结构主义者的所思所为
- 在海南万宁凤凰九里书店平台上想到的一些东西
- 结构、简约、中庸地面对世界
- 人和人的差异最终在哪里
- 写作的心理障碍
- 有关五种语言的四个片段
- 进入世界文学的中国文学
- 再谈文学性
- 出版和文学可以展开的三个话题
- 文学、绘画、音乐的杂想
- 有关艺术的保守七言
- 知识树和碎片化
- 海上人家和海上书店
- 糟糕透顶的身体和有点糟糕的身体
- 劳动、写作、学习
- 科学精神
- 文化和文明
- 五相世界和《狂喜之诗》
- 尾声
- 修行的艰难
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Public information about She Jiangtao is currently very limited: his dates of birth and death, place of origin, education, and professional career are not clearly documented, and the available information centers mainly on a single work. His published book Read, Listen, Think, Write is classified under social and cultural studies. From the title, it can be inferred that the content concerns four interrelated activities—reading, listening, thinking, and writing—and discusses how people receive information, digest it, and express it in words. Writing of this kind is usually aimed at general readers and tends toward the essay or cultural commentary, seeking a plain and readable style that combines reading methods, observations on media, and personal reflection. Because only this one work is held in the collection, it is difficult to judge the author's overall trajectory or stylistic development, or to confirm whether he has other publications. For readers wishing to learn about She Jiangtao, Read, Listen, Think, Write is currently the main available entry point, and its specific content and influence await fuller public documentation.
