20世纪40年代中后期,在中国历史剧变的紧要关头,以储安平为代表的部分自由知识分子创办《观察》杂志,并秉持民主、自由、进步、理性的宗旨,畅言论政,在知识分子群体中引起极大的共鸣与反响。杂志的发行量一度达到10万多份,读者群体更是覆盖全国,《观察》及其承载的自由知识分子的政治理想,以读者群体为媒介浸润全国,对当时中国社会的舆论风向产生了巨大的影响,更对中国自由主义思想的传承和发展产生了深远的影响。 In the mid-to-late 1940s, at the critical juncture of the drastic changes in history in China, some free intellectuals represented by Chu Anping founded Observatory magazine and adhered to the principles of democracy, freedom, progress and reason, Aroused great resonance and reaction in the group. The circulation of magazines reached more than 100,000 copies at one time. The readership group covered the entire country more. The “observation” and the political ideal of the free intellectuals carried by it were infiltrating the whole country with the readership as a medium, which had a huge impact on the public opinion in the Chinese society at that time But also had a far-reaching impact on the inheritance and development of Chinese liberalism.