商务印书馆近代教科书出版探略——从国文(语)和历史教科书谈起

Probing of Modern Textbooks Published by The Commercial Press from Chinese Language and History Textbooks.

近代中国,作为旧中国最大的民营出版企业,商务印书馆出版的教科书曾影响了几代国人,潜移默化直至今日。商务印书馆出版的国文(语)与历史教科书,以其创新和以学生为本的精神立足,以名人名家参与编撰而树其质量精品,而与时俱进的努力又使它能够站在时代的前列,不断汲取各学科最新研究成果,彰显新的进步的价值观取向,向国民灌输崭新的国民意识,这使它在近代教科书出版市场常胜不衰。商务教科书所创立的出版原则、出版思想,包括教科书的内容选择,对我们今天的教科书编辑与出版都有相当的借鉴意义。而在屡遭劫难的近代中国,商务印书馆以民营出版家们的艰辛奋斗,努力为国人提供精神滋养,这样的精神也将对后人产生长期的影响。

In modern China, as the largest private publication agency, textbooks published by The Commercial Press made great effects on Chinese people until today. These books compiled by famous person standing on the spirit of creating and compiling for students. Therefore, with their great efforts with each day, the textbooks published by The Commercial Press could stand in the forefront of times, absorbing the newest achievement, exhibiting the newest value, inculcating consciousness of national, all this made permanent winning in market of modern publication. The principle, ideas, contents, have great guiding significance on today's compiling and publishing of textbooks. In modern China, because of the great efforts of these private publishers, textbooks published by The Commercial Press private spirit to persons, it will also make significance to persons today.