《直报》与戊戌维新

Zhi Bao and the Reform Movement of 1898

《直报》是1895年初创办于天津的一份商业报纸,与北京《万国公报》、上海《强学报》等维新派报纸相比,《直报》创办时间早、存在时间长,是京津乃至北方地区不容忽视的一份重要报纸。《直报》在甲午战争尚未结束时就开始反思洋务得失,提出办实业、废科举、倡西学、设议院、开报馆等多种维新主张,题材广泛,内容丰富。《直报》对京沪两地的强学会给予了关注和支持,抨击御史杨崇伊对北京强学会的弹劾,首次刊登《上海强学会章程》。此外,《直报》还充分利用了商业报纸的优势,利用读者来信为维新思想造势、转载中外新闻、代售进步书籍,发挥了连接京津、沟通南北的重要作用,是宣传维新思想的舆论重镇和信息枢纽。

Zhi Bao was founded in Tianjin in early 1895 as a commercial newspaper.Compared with other counterparts,Zhi Bao was an important newspaper that cannot be ignored in northern China.Prior to the end of the Sino-Japanese War,Zhi Bao began to reflect on the gains and losses of foreign affairs,and proposed a variety of insights.By publishing the Charter of the Association of Qiangxue in Shanghai for the first time and attacking the impeachment made by the imperial censor Yang Chongyi,Zhi Bao supported to the Association of Qiangxue in Beijing and Shanghai.In addition,Zhi Bao took advantage of commercial newspapers,using correspondence column to publicize new ideas,reprinting Chinese and foreign news and selling enlightening books.Zhi Bao was the then hub of public opinion,therefore,it played an pivotal role in uniting people in Beijing,Tianjin and the whole nation.