清末民初瑞安士绅与地方教育——以《张棡日记》为视角

On the Relation of Gentry to Local Education in Ruian during the Late Qing Dynasty——From the perspective of Zhang Gang's Diary

清末民初,正值社会教育变革之际,瑞安地方士绅通过学计馆、新式学堂和阅报公所建设,对地方传统教育模式进行了初步变革,使得瑞安地方教育事业不断完善。通过改革,百姓文化水平得到提升,落后的风俗习惯得到改善,并且培养了一大批优质人才。地方士绅在此过程中发挥了主角作用,并且士绅阶层也不断发展壮大。

In the late Qing Dynasty(viz.,the time for transformation of social education),a preliminary reformon the mode of local traditionaleducation was launched through the constructions of meter halls,new schools and newspaper-reading houses,which made thelocal education in Ruian improved continuously.The reformimproved the locals’cultural quality and their customs;furthermore,it traineda number of talents with good quality;and the local gentry played an important role in the course of reform,which,in turn,madethe gentry class become stronger too.