近代政治文化转型中的俞明震现象

An Historical Analysis on Yu Mingzhen Phenomenon in the Modern Transformation of Political Culture

本文以俞明震诗文及相关史料为据,对其生平和思想发展状况作了考证性的研究,深入分析了俞氏一家几代寄籍宛平应试的科举文化背景,俞明震早年清寒的家庭生活背景对其心态的影响,他与清流派的思想分歧及其人事背景,在乙未保台之役、查办《苏报》案等历史事件中的政治表现以及在任江南陆师学堂总办期间倡导新学对学生的思想影响,力图还原俞明震其人其事的历史本相,并将其置于近代社会政治文化转型的大背景下,对他的一些逾越官员职守的行为背后的文化意义作了新的阐释。

Yu Mingzhen was a local official in late Qing Dynasty. He was born in an ordinary official family. Like his predecessors,he passed the regional tests,then made success in the imperial examinations. In1894-1895,as an important official in Taiwan,he took part in the political-military Action to oppose Japanese occupation. In 1901-1903,as a military school president in Nanjing,he encouraged the students to acquire new knowledge and translated works. In 1903,when he was ordered to participate in the investigation of the Subao Case,he protected the involved dissidents,although in violation of his duties. This paper analyzes the influence of family background and social relations on his career and his political leanings,and the impact of political transition on public ethics,then assesses the significance of open-mindedness to China's modernization.