在杭州市图书馆,有这么一群特殊的读者,他们衣衫褴褛、满面尘色,或席地而坐,或凝神站立,或安坐于椅上,每个人就着一本书,用心阅读。他们有着同样的身份——乞者。有人曾质疑他们的到来有碍图书馆观瞻,应提高门槛制止其入内。“我无权拒绝他们来读书,但您有权选择离开。”图书馆馆长如是回应。从法律层面来讲,在公共图书馆内阅读,是每一个公民应有的基本文化权益。我国《宪法》明确规定:公民有进行科学研究、文学艺术创作和其他文化活动的自由。阅读自由理应包括在内。涵盖于文化权益中的阅读权,在法理上并未有明确界定,一般可以认为,阅读权是公民个体从书籍中获取知识,以提升自我修养、丰富自身的权利。阅读及知识的荻取,可以为个体在严格的社会阶层流动机制中提供一种升降平台,甚至是跃进更高层次的助力器。实际上,阅读及其衍生出的精神滋养,对于物质贫瘠的人来说,更为可贵。 There are so many special readers in the Hangzhou Library that they are ragged, dusty, or sit on their seats or stand in the chair, or sit in a chair, everyone reading a book. They have the same identity - beggars. Someone once questioned their impediments to the library’s view, and should raise the threshold to stop it. “I have no right to refuse them to study, but you have the right to choose to leave. ” The library curator responded accordingly. From a legal perspective, reading in a public library is the basic cultural rights that every citizen should have. Our Constitution clearly states: Citizens have the freedom to conduct scientific research, literary and artistic creation, and other cultural activities. Freedom of reading should be included. The right of reading covering the cultural rights and interests is not clearly defined in the jurisprudence. Generally speaking, the right of reading is the individual citizen’s ability to acquire knowledge from books so as to enhance self-cultivation and enrich his own rights. The reading and reading of knowledge can provide a platform for individuals to lift themselves in a rigorous social mobility mechanism or even a higher level of booster. In fact, reading and deriving spiritual nourishment are even more valuable to those who are barren.