Abstract: This paper systematically expounds the new reading view maintained and advocated by the
author, namely, everyone enveloped in the scent of books, everywhere filled with the scent of books, every
minute permeated with the scent of books, and the future of “quality books”. It expresses the ideal status
of “New Reading” based on the “New Educational Practice”, and it serves as the preface to the second
series of Elegant China ? Nationwide Reading Series published by Shenzhen Haitian Publishing House. It
is full of humanistic speculation and cultural and educational characteristics, and supplements the content
of the seventh volume of Zhu Yongxin’s Educational Works collection, My View on Reading, and the eighth
volume, New Education in China. This paper has certain ideological inspiration and practical value in
deeper cultivation of nationwide reading, the creation of scholarly campus, the construction of learning
family, and the further development of elegant China.

Key words:  Nationwide reading, Scholarly society, Haitian Publishing House, Elegant China ?Nationwide Reading Series