清季留学生群体的“中学西传”活动

The“Introduction of Chinese Culture to the West” by Overseas Chinese Student Groups during the Later Qing Dynasty

清季因应社会变革逐渐形成多达数万人的留学生群体。这一群体凭借其深厚的中西学素养和文化自觉意识,在广泛开展"西学东渐"活动的同时,通过学术文化交流、组建留学生社团、进行中国问题演讲、创办编辑报刊、翻译撰写中国题材作品等方式,为"中学西传"开展了大量活动。其所传扬的中国文化精神和优秀文化成果,为包括知识界和普通民众在内的域外人士提供了一幅幅迥异于西方文明的中国文明画卷,丰富和改善了域外的中国与中国文化认知,为人类文化的多元化概念做了很好的注脚。留学生群体在清季"中学西传"中的事功在近代中西跨文化交流中写下重要一页。

Copious amounts of Chinese students travelled to study overseas during Late Qing Dynasty when China was undergoing significant social changes. While this group of overseas Chinese students introduced western academia to the East by their deep understanding about both Chinese and western pedagogy, as well as their cultural awareness,they also engaged in extensive activities to introduce Chinese culture to the West, by the following: partaking in successful academic cultural exchanges;establishing overseas students associations;delivering speeches concerning China;founding and editing newspapers and periodicals;and translating as well as writing articles regarding China. The Chinese cultural spirit and outstanding cultural achievements disseminated by them provided international audiences, including intellectuals and masses, with a scenario of the Chinese civilization in contrast from the West, which enriched and improved their understanding of China and Chinese culture. As such, these efforts supplemented the concept of pluralism concerning human culture. The contributions of overseas Chinese student groups at that time had become an important feature in the history of modern cross-cultural exchanges between China and the West.