Readers 2012 Issue 5

Editorial Department of ReadersDuzhe Publishing & Media Corp. · ChinaMar 2015

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Word count: 82K words
Chapters: 61

Summary

There is a magazine that never preaches to anyone about anything, and never launches fierce attacks on anything either. It simply and quietly gathers, drop by drop, the spiritual nectar of human thought from ancient and modern times and from China and abroad, moistening and deeply moving the hearts of thousands upon thousands of ordinary Chinese people like you and me. Readers, the spiritual reader of the Chinese people, has touched the hearts of hundreds of millions of readers.

Editor's review

This issue of Reader reads more like a portable spiritual companion. It is in no hurry to deliver conclusions, nor does it set up opposition through sharp criticism; instead, it gathers the gentler strands of thought from China and abroad, past and present, leaving readers to take them in quietly on their own. This editorial choice gives the issue a posture of meeting readers as equals: it acknowledges life's complexity while trusting ordinary people's capacity to process things for themselves. The richness and variety of the contents mean it can be opened in different ways by people with different life experience—some find a place for their feelings, others gain another angle on their problems. It suits a few minutes before leaving home in the morning, a short afternoon break, or bedtime at night, as well as odd moments during travel or waiting. There is no need to read fast; pausing to think where something strikes you, or copying a sentence into a notebook, often yields more than reading it all in one sitting.

Who it's for

A good fit for

Readers under pressure who hope to find emotional comfort and companionship in short reads.
General readers who enjoy gentle writing and value humanistic care.
People with fragmented reading time who need light material they can pick up and put down at any moment.
Readers who want to start with short pieces and gradually build a steady reading habit.

Not a good fit for

Readers looking for systematic professional knowledge or skills training rather than emotional and intellectual inspiration.
Readers who prefer strong conflict and suspense-dense narratives and find the calm style too slow.
People who need authoritative policy interpretation, industry analysis, or immediate news.
Readers uninterested in anthologies who only want to read complete full-length books.

Reading tips

Read one piece in a fixed ten minutes each day; when you close the magazine, take a minute to reflect.
Keep a pen handy and mark only the sentences that truly move you—don't underline whole pages.
Choose pieces according to your mood rather than sticking to the table of contents.
Each month pick one favorite piece and write a hundred-word review to practice summarizing and expressing yourself.

About the publisher

Duzhe Publishing & Media Corp. China · Founded in 2009

Duzhe Publishing & Media Corp. takes Duzhe magazine as its core brand, with publishing directions covering periodicals, books, and textbooks and supplementary teaching materials, among which the Duzhe series of periodicals is its most representative publication. The books in the database are mainly various 2012 issues of Duzhe, such as several issues from No. 14 to No. 24, reflecting the publisher's approach of drawing on the author resources of the Duzhe editorial department and featuring the collected publication of periodical content. In addition to periodical publications, the company is also involved in the publication and distribution of books and textbooks and supplementary teaching materials. However, publicly available information in the database is limited, the common categories are not yet clear, and the representative books are concentrated on issues of Duzhe magazine, making it difficult to fully present its book publishing structure on this basis. Overall, the publisher's characteristic lies in relying on the Duzhe brand to carry out serialized and continuous publishing development around periodical content, with author resources drawn mainly from the Duzhe editorial department and related editorial teams.

版权信息
【卷首语】故事也要实在
【目录】
【文苑】琼瑶的泰坦尼克
【杂谈随感】看不见的竞争力
【人生之旅】我见山盟
【杂谈随感】老教授与小王子
【社会之窗】在中国搭顺风车会如何
【幽默小品】狠招
【书林一叶】已凉未寒
【点滴】活着就是为了玩
【点滴】《论语》十戒
【史海拾贝】密码战与山本的宿命
【点滴】忧伤的女人像
【人物】清心笃行——吴官正同志二三事
【杂谈随感】是谁毁了全球经济
【人世间】寄往天堂的情书
【人生之旅】回一个电话
【言论】言论
【两代之间】和你在一起
【点滴】中国地图
【点滴】皆可成佛
【文苑】八点档
【家园】说不尽的风景
【杂谈随感】我染上了中国的“急”
【人物】 “帝王”贝卢斯科尼
【两代之间】筷子拿得远的人
【文苑】浮在空中的鱼群
【杂谈随感】我们所缺失的
【文苑】诗三首
【史海拾贝】朱元璋治国
【在海外】美国的11个细节
【漫画与幽默】漫画与幽默
【话题】疯狂的礼品
【杂谈随感】遗忘与记忆
【点滴】男孩
【原创精品】裴氏艳玲
【点滴】何为书
【文化茶座】感谢玉米
【名人轶事】民国军人轶事
【原创精品】你是我的药
【文苑】梅（外一则）
【人世间】邮差去天堂
【意林】是什么扼杀了创新
【意林】品位
【意林】半块牛排
【意林】不为批评家树碑
【杂谈随感】人走就应该茶凉
【人物】建筑为了什么
【历史一页】金陵的救赎
【点滴】声音（外一则）
【点滴】十个人九份饭
【人世间】轮回
【点滴】时光遗忘之地
【杂谈随感】政府扮演的经济角色
【人生之旅】成名之后
【青年一代】胖丫头的烦恼
【杂谈随感】专家的“偏见”
【史海拾贝】宗方小太郎
【人物】潘玉良：总是玉关情
【互动】微博互动

FAQ

When is the best time to read this publication?

There is no fixed answer. Commuting, lunch breaks, bedtime, or waiting during travel all work; the key is to read only one or two pieces at a time, letting your attention slow down from the bustle rather than treating it as a task.

Why is it called a "spiritual companion"?

Because it values emotional comfort and intellectual inspiration more, presenting the true, the good, and the beautiful in human nature in a gentle way, so readers can settle their feelings and feel understood rather than being preached at.

Do you need to take notes when reading this kind of magazine?

It's not required, but light note-taking helps a lot. Just record one sentence that moved you and what you thought at the time; over time this deepens memory and lets you look back on what has held your attention.

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About the author

Editorial Department of Readers Author

The Editorial Department of Readers is the editorial unit of the Readers Magazine Press responsible for editing and publishing Readers. Founded in Lanzhou in March 1981 and sponsored by Readers Publishing & Media Co., Ltd., Readers is known as "a spiritual reader for the Chinese people" and has accumulated a circulation of over 2.1 billion copies. The department handles topic planning, manuscript selection and publication of the magazine. The database contains 262 of its editorial works, with representative issues including Nos. 16 to 23 of 2023. Based on available materials, public information about the department's specific staffing, history and operational details is limited; its profile is mainly presented through the ongoing issues of Readers, through which it has exerted a steady and broad influence on readers by conveying warm stories, humanistic essays and reflections on life.