桐城派与晚清社会思潮

Tong-city Group and Thought Trends of the Late Qing Dynasty

从社会思潮角度考察 ,桐城派与晚清社会思潮流变相始终 ;在晚清纷呈迭现的社会思潮中 ,均可看到桐城派的身影。桐城派在晚清各期的主要代表往往也是当时社会新思潮的代表或积极参与者 ,如经世致用思潮中的姚莹 ,洋务思潮中的曾国藩、黎庶昌 ,早期变法维新思潮中的郭嵩焘、薛福成 ,维新变法思潮中的吴汝纶。由此可以看出晚清桐城派既有迎合清王朝的一面 ,也有适应社会思潮发展、与世俱进的一面 ,不能因桐城派最终落后于时代而予以全面否定 ,更不能因此把桐城派视为文学上保守、政治上反动的代名词。

This article tries to evaluate Tong-City Group appropriately in the trend of thought of the Late Qing Dynasty,about its attitude,position,significance.It contains three parts:firstly,about Tong-City Group with the trend of thought in the Realistic Movement.Secondly,about Tong-City Group with the trend of thought in the Modernization Movement.Thirdly,about Tong-City Group with the trend of thought in the Constitutional Movement.In my opinion,Tong-City Group conformed with the ruling class,but on the other hand,its inherent changeable attitude toward society made it keep pace with times of the Late Qing Dynasty.Due to its inner conservative factors,it was replaced by the May 4th Movement and disappeared from the Chinese literary circle.