晚清广府文学的涉外书写及其文化诉求

The Foreigh-Related Writings of Cantonese Literature in the Late Qing Dynasty and Its Cultural Aspirations

清末民初,以康有为、梁启超、潘飞声、吴趼人、黄世仲等为代表的广府文人,因受域外文化的濡染,主动将其涉外见闻诉诸笔端,真切地反映了他们在域外文化冲击下产生的文化震惊与文化自省,表达了他们渴望借鉴域外先进文明开拓国人视野、革新本土文化的强烈诉求。从文学角度看,广府文人的涉外书写有效地拓展了中国文学的题材内容、开辟了中国文学的新境界。从文化角度说,这些涉外书写传递的新信息、新观念、新诉求,不仅对近代中国社会的维新改良、民主革命等发挥了导夫先路的作用,而且对丰富广府文化的内涵,形成广府文化开放、兼容、变革、创新等精神风貌也产生了不可忽视的重要影响。

Affected by foreign cultures,Cantonese literati represented by Kang Youwei,Liang Qichao,Pang Feisheng,Wu Jianren,Huang Shizhong,etc.,in the late Qing Dynasty and early Republic of China,were initiative to bring their foreign-related observations to the writing,which truly reflected their cultural shock and cultural introspection under the impact of foreign culture and expressed their strong desire to learn from advanced civilizations outside China to open up the vision of the Chinese people and reform the local culture.From a literary perspective,the foreign-related writings of Cantonese literati have effectively expanded the content of Chinese literature and opened up a new realm of Chinese literature.From a cultural perspective,the new information,new ideas,and new demands transmitted by these foreign-related writings not only played a leading role in the reform of the modern Chinese society,democratic revolution,etc.,but also have important influences that cannot be ignored on enriching the connotation of Cantonese culture and forming Cantonese culture’s openness,compatibility,transform,and innovation.