戊戌政变后的社会舆论

The Public Opinion After the Coup in 1898

戊戌政变后,虽有统治者严酷的言禁,但社会各界仍对相继发生的事件相当关注,以各种方式和途径表达自己的见解和态度。当时参与较多的报纸,如《中外日报》、《国闻报》、《申报》、《知新报》和《清议报》等都刊登了相关报道和文章,从不同立场对政变作出各种反应和思考。与此同时,包括各级官员、各类知识分子和各界民众在内的社会各阶层人士,或公开或私下表达自己的意见和态度。这些出自各方面的舆论,说明政变后的社会舆论比较复杂,反映了社会各阶层对时局的不同主张以及先进与落后势力的复杂斗争。

After the coup in China （the Reform Movement in 1898）, the public were concerned for its consequences, and expressed their opinions and attitudes through all kinds of ways in spite of the authorities＇ strict ban on free speech, The papers such as Zhongwairibao, Guowenbao, Shenbao, Zhixinbao and Qingyibao all published concerned reports, expressing their views on the coup from different standpoints. At the same time, people in all social strata including officials, intellectuals and the masses also expressed their attitudes in public or in private. These showed that after the coup the public opinions were very complicated, and at the same time reflected the different opinions of all social strata towards the current political situation.