1905年,清廷废科举兴学校,中国出现新式学堂,中西并重几乎成为所有新式学堂课程设置的基本准则。缺乏合适的教科书成为新式学堂教学的巨大障碍,一些有创新思想的中国人率先尝试自编汲取西方先进教育内容和方式的教科书。伴随维新运动,民营出版业迅速成长,逐渐取代此前教科书出版的主要力量——教会出版机构和官办书局。1906年,加入上海书业商会的民营出版机构 In 1905, the Qing government abolished Keju Hing schools, new schools appeared in China, and both Chinese and western styles almost become the basic norms of all new-style school curriculums. Lack of suitable textbooks has become a huge obstacle in the new-style teaching. Some Chinese people with innovative ideas are the first to try to compile textbooks that draw on advanced western education contents and methods. With the rejuvenation movement, the private publishing industry grew rapidly, gradually replacing the main force of textbook publishing - the church publishing house and the official bookstore. In 1906, he joined the private publishing house of the Shanghai Book Fair Chamber of Commerce