是自由,还是奴隶?——论《新民丛报》以自由为武器对中国人奴性的批判

Freeman,or Slave?——"The Perspective of Miscellany for New Citizens" Criticizing Servile Nature of Chinese People with Freedom

西方国家的国民性理论把种族和民族国家作为理解人类的首要准则,鼓吹种族优劣论和欧洲中心论,为他们征服世界各国提供了依据,在一定程度上剥夺了被征服者的发言权。但是,《新民丛报》学人提倡的国民性理论已经与此完全不同,它主要在于通过批判中国人国民性中的奴性以提高民族素质。

Western theory of national character took race and nation-state as the primary criteria of understanding human, and advocated Western racial advantages and thought Europe is the center of the world. It provided a basis of conquering the world, to a certain extent deprived of the voice of the vanquished. However, theory of national character of authors of ＂Miscellany for New Citizens＂ differed from the western theory of national character. They aimed to improve the quality of the nation through criticizing servile nature of Chinese people.