辛亥革命期间萨镇冰抵汉时间考证

Textual Research on the Time When Sa Zhenbing Arrived in Wuhan During the Revolution of 1911

辛亥革命爆发后,清政府调集陆、海军企图镇压革命,令海军提督萨镇冰迅速率领巡洋、长江两舰队主力赴鄂支援,但仅一个月左右的时间海军各舰便纷纷宣布起义,萨镇冰看到大势已去也黯然离汉,自行赴沪。学界关于萨镇冰乘军舰抵汉的具体时间众说纷纭,参加海军起义不同当事人的回忆也有出入。通过对照辛亥革命时期的新闻报道与当事人的回忆,对此问题进行考证,推断萨镇冰抵汉时间为1911年10月15日。

After the outbreak of the Revolution of 1911,the Qing government mobilized its land force and navy to try to suppress the revolution.The navy commander-in-chief Sa Zhenbing quickly led the main force of Xun Yang and Yangtze River fleets to Hubei to provide support.However,many navy ships announced their uprisings one after another within one month.Sa Zhenbing saw that the general trend and left Wuhan for Shanghai by himself.There are different opinions on the specific time when he arrived in Wuhan,and the memories of different parties participating in the naval uprising are also different.By comparing the news reports during the Revolution of 1911 and the memories of people at that time,this paper conducts a textual research and infers that the time of Sa Zhenbing’s arrival in Wuhan is October 15,1911.