叶圣陶在谈到老一代出版家徐调孚时感叹道:“一辈子在出版界工作,知道他的人不很多,我不免代他感到寂寞。”其实不只是徐调孚,惯于为他人作嫁衣的编辑、出版人,往往都隐身于文字的背后,不肯留下片言只语。所以有的尽管刚刚去世几十年,曾经开一代思想与出版新风的众多近现代出版者早已是身影模糊,淡出了人们的视野。不过可喜的是,这两年已陆续有研究者关注起这些远去的身影,推出了一些著作,王建辉的新著《老出版人肖像》就是其中之一。 如书名所示,这是一本关于老出版人的随笔集,探讨了 When talking about the older generation publisher Xu Tunfu, Ye Shengtao laments: “For a lifetime working in the publishing industry, I do not know many of his people and I feel lonely.” In fact, not only is Xu Fu-fu used to marry others Clothing editor, publisher, are often hidden behind the text, refused to leave a word. Therefore, even though the past few decades have just passed away, many modern publishers who have opened up their own generation of thoughts and published fresh air have long been vague and fade from people’s perspectives. However, the gratifying thing is that in the past two years, researchers have been paying attention to these departed figures and released some works. One of them, Wang Jianhui’s new portrait of the old publisher, is one of them. As the title suggests, this is an essay about old publishers that explores