略论义和团运动时期山西事件的学界书写和民间网络书写

On the Academic Writing and Folk Network Writing of the Shanxi Events During the Boxer Movement

随着互联网技术的发展,民间网络历史书写变得日益普遍,它与以往学界历史书写有什么不同、是什么关系,显然是值得关注的问题。本文围绕有关义和团运动时期山西事件的学界书写和民间网络书写,探讨了两种书写的内容及它们之间的影响。文章指出学术性的山西事件书写是随着时代对义和团运动的评价不断在变化的,新中国以后有关义和团的许多学术著作一般都不提山西事件这类有某种负面影响的故事,造成在这一问题上长期只有海外研究者声音的状况。晚近兴起民间网络书写对山西事件猎奇式的叙述在一定程度上填补了这一空白,但其非专业性影响了这种叙事的质量。本文最后在比较的基础上认为,民间网络史学的出现提醒了学界史学在网络时代如何恰当处理晚清历史中的某些负面故事,建设和运用好历史知识话语权的问题。本文特别指出,民间网络史学在破除学界史学曾经有过的偏颇倾向时,自身也要警惕对特定人和事的情绪化及神话化倾向。

With the development of internet technology,folk network history writing has become more and more common.What is the difference between it and previous academic history writing and what is their relationship?These are obvious questions worthy of attention.This article focuses on academic writing and folk network writing about the Shanxi Events during the Boxer Movement,and discusses the content of the two writings and their mutual influence.The article points out that the academic writing of the Shanxi Events is constantly changing in correspondence with the changing evaluation of the Boxer Movement through time.After the founding of the People’s Republic of China,many academic works on the Boxer Movement generally do not mention the Shanxi Events as they impose some negative influence.As a result,there had been only voices of overseas researchers for a long period of time.The recent rise of folk network writing about the Shanxi Events with its curious narrative filled this gap to a certain extent.But its non-professional nature affected the quality of this narrative.Based on comparison,this article concludes that the emergence of folk network historiography reminds academic historians of how to properly handle certain negative stories in late Qing history in the internet era,and establish the voice for historical knowledge.This article specifically points out that while folk network historiography breaks away from the biased tendencies that once guided academic historiography,it should also be alert to the emotional and mythological tendencies towards specific people and events.