中国近代演说与传教

Speech and Mission in the Late-Qing Period

演说在中国由来已久,它也被清代官府用做《圣谕广训》的宣讲。西方传教士用中文传教所作的演讲,显示出与清代官府演讲不同的态度、内在思想和理路文体。这一变化实际上带有从古代到近代的变化。从演说体的变化中,我们可以看到西方传教士所起的过渡作用。

Public speech has a long history in China. It was once used by the Qing Government to publicize Shengyu Guangxun. The Chinese speeches made by Western missionaries changed the attitude, ideas, texture and style of speech-making in the Qing Dynasty. This change is actually the transition from ancient to modern public speech-making. It is also a witness of the transitional role that Western missionaries played in the Chinese speech-making style.