周二是世界图书和版权日，在云南省昆明市举行的第三届全国阅读大会上发布的一份调查报告显示，去年中国人的阅读量比2022年要多。除了年度阅读报告，为期三天的活动还将包括探讨阅读与城市发展、生态文明等各种社会维度之间的相互作用。
Chinese people read more last year than in 2022, according to a survey report released at the Third National Conference on Reading in Kunming, Yunnan province, on Tuesday, which was World Book and Copyright Day.Apart from the annual reading report, the three-day event will encompass discussions exploring the interplay between reading and various societal dimensions, including urban development and ecological civilization.
在周二的会议主论坛上，南京大学中国语言文学教授莫立峰谈到了阅读经典对塑造民族精神和振兴中华民族的重要性。
At the main forum of the conference on Tuesday, Mo Lifeng, a professor of Chinese language and literature at Nanjing University, talked about the importance of reading classics in shaping the national spirit and rejuvenating the Chinese nation.
他举了南宋(1127-1279)政治家、诗人和民族英雄文天祥的例子，他在狱中朗诵了唐代(618-907)杜甫的诗。文天祥受到了中国古典著作《论语》等民族精神的鼓舞，这使他在元朝(1271-1368)控制国家后，面对新朝廷的死亡威胁时得到了支持。
He gave the example of Wen Tianxiang, a statesman, poet and national hero from the Southern Song period (1127-1279), who read in prison poems by Du Fu from the Tang Dynasty (618-907). Wen was inspired by the national integrity dating back to Chinese classical works like The Analects of Confucius, which supported him in face of the death threats from the new court after the Yuan Dynasty (1271-1368) took control of the country.
“目前为止，我一直认为，中国经典经受了数千年的传承，其主要价值不在于供学者研究，而在于供全社会阅读并从中获得精神营养。”他说，“我真诚地希望通过这次会议，我们可以把我们的经典介绍给全社会所有人。”
"To date, I have always believed that the major value of the Chinese classics passed on after thousands of years is not for scholars to research, but for the whole of society to read and gain spiritual nutrition from," he said."I sincerely hope that with this conference, we can introduce our classics to all people across society."
