19世纪上半叶在华外国人汉语拼音化活动与影响——基于《中国丛报》记述的考察

The Influence of Foreigners' Initial Chinese Alphabetization Activity on Chinese Society: Based on the Observation of Related Reports on The Chinese Repository

19世纪上半叶,来华基督新教传教士迫于汉语学习对于传教活动的必要性和紧迫性,进行了系列汉语拼音化的尝试并在所创办的报刊中推广各种罗马化注音的汉语拼音,撰写文章来阐述其汉语拼音化方法及其对汉语学习的意义。以在华传教士为代表的外国人展开的汉语拼音化活动为后世尤其是20世纪前后国人的汉语拼音化运动奠定了基础,推动了汉语在国外的传播。通过分析《中国丛报》有关传教士对汉语拼音化的建议、书评和方案,有助于厘清当时汉语拼音化活动的史实及其影响。

The actual first attempts of Chinese alphabetization activity was taken place in the first half of the19th century when the Protestant missionaries went to China.Due to the necessity and urgency of learning Chi?nese,the missionaries tried to use the western way of phonetic notation for Chinese phonetic and then practicedand memorized the pronunciation of Chinese characters.Book reviews,proposals and solutions of Chinese alpha?betization in the Chinese Repository demonstrated the Protestant missionaries'endeavors.Have been proposedand attempted by the missionaries,initial Chinese alphabetization laid solid foundation for the Chinese people tolaunch the alphabetization movement officially in the1950s and promoted the spread of Chinese in worldwide.