报告文学作家胡平于炎热的7月推出了他的新作《千年沉重》。这是一本旨在从文化角度探讨社会经济发展的书。它的着眼点是胡平脚下的那块红土地——江西。这本书至少有这么几个方面值得注意:其一是书的定位。一个文化人出于对自己家乡社会经济发展状况的焦虑,用这样一种形式发出自己的呼喊,这或许是一种文化人的责任回归。其二是书的影响。这本书不是按畅销书的方式推出来的,但除了在江西产生不小影响之外,还在北京、上海、广东举办了研讨会,参加研讨的学者大多把这本书置于中国的大背景下来思考。其三是书的作用。在北京、上海、广东的研讨会上,与会的有不少江西籍学者,让这些人重新思考家乡的事。这不但值得主管社会经济发展的人士注意,对于文化、出版行业来说,也有崭新的启示。以下是该书在北京、上海、广东三地的研讨会发言摘要,据录音整理,均未经发言者审阅。 Reportage writer Hu Ping launched his new book Millennium Heavy in the hot July. This is a book designed to explore socio-economic development from a cultural perspective. Its focus is on the piece of red soil at the foot of Hu Ping - Jiangxi. There are at least several aspects of this book worth noting: one is the orientation of the book. It is perhaps a cultural man’s return to responsibility that a cultural person sends out his own shout in such a form because of anxiety over the social and economic development of his hometown. The second is the impact of the book. This book was not released on the basis of best-seller. However, in addition to its considerable influence in Jiangxi, seminars were held in Beijing, Shanghai and Guangdong. Most of the scholars participating in the seminar put this book in China Thinking about the background. The third is the role of the book. At the seminars in Beijing, Shanghai and Guangdong, there were many Jiangxi-born scholars who attended the meeting, asking them to rethink their hometown affairs. This not only deserves to be noticed by those in charge of social and economic development, but also has a brand new revelation for the cultural and publishing industries. The following is a summary of the book’s presentations in the seminars in Beijing, Shanghai and Guangdong. According to the recording, the speeches were not reviewed by the speakers.