陈景韩“新水浒”系列“游戏”与晚清翻新小说的繁荣——以《新水浒》同题小说为中心

Chen Jinghan's Series of "Game" Entitled "New All Men Are Brothers" and the Boom of the Retread-novels in the late Qing Dynasty——Take the Novels with the Same Topic of the New All Men Are Brothers as Focus

光绪三十年(1904年),《时报》曾刊载过一篇莫名其妙的《<新水浒>之一节》,经考证为陈景韩戏撰,是为吸引读者而投石问路的一个策略,得到回应后却未续载,只以《<新水浒>题解》搪塞,却意外引起了更多读者的兴趣和参与热情,成为编读互动和展示创意的"游戏"平台。这一系列"游戏"对后来的《新水浒》同题之作起到了示范作用,也在无意中开启了晚清翻新小说的大门,并促使其走向繁荣。

In 1904, the Eastern Times inexplicably published a short story A Passage of the New All Men Are Brothers. Research showed that Chen Jinghan was the author, who wrote it for attracting more readers, but didn＇t respond to readers＇ attention as he did not serialized the short story, but only paltered with a new article The Explanation of the New All Men Are Brothers＇ Topics. However, the article was surprisingly a success, and aroused readers＇ interest and enthusiasm. Thus, it became a ＂game＂ platform for editors and readers to interact and display their creations. The series of games was a demonstration to the later writings with the same topic of New All Men Are Brothers. It also accidentally opened the gate of the retread-novels, and motivated them to prosperity.