《亚东时报》研究三题

A Trichotomized Investigation of Yadong shibao

《亚东时报》作为戊戌至庚子时期日本人在华创办的中文报纸,追踪和反映了大量政治时事,而且一些重要事件当事人如唐才常、章太炎等直接介入报务,故于中国近代史研究有相当重要的价值。本文通过中、日两方面文献的比勘互证,致力于廓清该报创刊背景以及发行、改版及至终刊的具体过程,并全面考证唐才常、章太炎、宋恕等人与该报的真实关系,对学界相关旧说予以订正。

Yadong shibao,or the East Asian Times,which was a Chinese newspaper founded by the Japanese in the eras of the Hundred Day’s Reform and Boxer Rebellion,reported a great number of political events at that time.Nay,prominent figures like Tang Caichang and Zhang Taiyan directly participated in the operation of the newspaper,thereby making it a significant source conducive to the studies in the modern Chinese history.Comparatively digging into the existing literature in Chinese and Japanese,the present paper attempts to reconstruct the complete history of Yadong shibao,as well to delineate the true roles eminent persons such as Tang Caichang,Zhang Taiyan and Song Shu had played in the business of the newspaper.In doing so,some established conclusions as regards the newspaper will be rectified.