The author is the simplified Chinese version translator of communication philosopher J. D. Peters’ Speaking into the Air. This article traces the life experience, intellectual origins of Peter’s communication ideas, his critical re?ections of the bases on which the discipline of communication studies was founded mostly by Wilbur Schramm in 1950s, and his motivation behind and contribution to the coming into being of communication philosophy. The article also summarizes the academic reviews and commentaries on the book and encourages readers to crack “erudite” academic books.