简论陈翰伯

On Chen Hanbo

陈翰伯(1914—1988)毕生奉献于中国新闻出版事业,他“青春办报,皓首出书”,以其创造性的思想和丰富多彩的新闻出版实践,为共和国新闻出版事业的发展与繁荣做出了杰出贡献,为后人留下了丰厚的精神遗产。陈翰伯和张元济一样,都是所处大变动时代的建设者。但对陈翰伯的研究尚未引起足够的重视,除陈翰伯文稿文集等基础文献汇编工作外,研究专文极为有限。本文在多年来搜集、整理陈翰伯史料的工作基础上,将陈翰伯从事新闻出版事业的一生,划分为几个阶段,对各阶段的主要工作进行梳理并作评价。陈翰伯早年在国统区开展中共领导下的新闻舆论工作,以及新中国成立之初参与开创新中国新闻教育事业,是中国现代新闻史的重要内容。陈翰伯对新中国出版事业的贡献,尤需在当代出版史视野中深入研究。本文重点梳理了陈翰伯对标志性出版企业商务印书馆的起死回生、接续再造之功,以及“文革”后领导出版领域拨乱反正、推动行业迈出改革开放步伐所做的重要工作,指出陈翰伯的“再造商务”和“拨乱反正”具有一以贯之的精神动力,他也因此被誉为“新中国新闻出版事业的开拓者”,“把中国的出版业从濒临衰境挽救了回来”的人,“一个近乎‘完人’的人”。

Chen Hanbo(1914-1988)devoted his entire life to the development of China’s press and publishing cause.He“ran newspaper when he was young and engaged in book publishing when he got old”.With his creative ideas and colorful practices in the press and publishing sectors,Chen made outstanding contribution to the development and booming of press and publishing in the People’s Republic of China,and left a rich spiritual legacy for future generations.Chen Hanbo,just like Zhang Yuanji,was also a builder in an era of great changes.However,he has not yet attracted enough attention from researchers,with quite limited papers on him except the basic compilations such as Chen’s manuscripts and collected works.Based on the endeavors of collecting and collating the historical materials on Chen Hanbo for many years,the paper divides his lifelong dedication to press and publishing into several stages,and sorts out and evaluates the main work in each stage.In the early years,Chen Hanbo carried out the work related to news and public opinions under the leadership of the Communist Party of China in the Kuomintang-controlled area;at the beginning of the founding of PRC,Chen participated in the groundbreaking work for New China’s journalism education which was an important part of the country’s modern press history.Chen’s contribution to the publishing industry of New China needs in-depth research from the perspective of contemporary publishing history.The paper focuses on Chen Hanbo’s efforts to revive and prosper the Commercial Press,a significant player in the publishing industry of China,as well as his important work of leading the publishing industry in rectification to restore order after the Cultural Revolution and promoting the industry to embark on reform and opening up.Because of his commitment to“revive the Commercial Press”and“rectify to restore order”,Chen Hanbo is known as a“pioneer of the press and publishing industry in New China”,a“man who bailed out China’s publishing industry”and a“near-perfect person”.