“《大同日报》易帜事件”再考察

Revisiting the Reorganization of Tai Tung Yat Bo

本文以管窥的方式,将新发掘的史料与已有相关研究资料结合起来,重新分析《大同日报》改组事件,对孙中山赴美革命宣传和美洲革命党报的发展演变历史,提供关键的“场景补充”和背景分析:在唐琼昌的主持下,《大同日报》一直是名副其实的“革命报”;1904年孙中山“改组”致公堂和《大同日报》,其重要背景是唐琼昌与保皇会的决裂;《大同日报》既是一份“革命报”,也是一份“华侨报”,其在地实践和社会影响受制于复杂的历史环境。新闻史在强调“美洲革命党报”历史影响的同时,也应关注近代旅美华侨的政治认同和抗争实践的多样性。

Based on some newly discovered historical materials, this article tries to shed new light on the famous event of the Reorganization of Tai Tung Yat Bo(Chinese Free Press),and provides some contexts to the development of revolution propaganda by Sun Yat Sen and his party in America: Tai Tung Yat Bo was actually a revolution organ from its beginning under the real control of Tong King Chong;Tong King Chong’s broke-up with the Bow Wong party before 1904 was the key context of the reorganization of the Chinese Free Mason and the Chinese Free Press driven by Sun Yat Sen;Tai Tung Yat Bo was not only a party organ but also a organ of Chinese in America, so that this newspaper ’ s local practices and its social influence were subject to the complicated historical condition.Overrating the party organ of the revolutionists does not help to understand the political identity and contentious practices of Chinese American.