上海东文学社相关问题再考

Further Exploration of Shanghai Japanese Language School

甲午战后,西方列强在华掀起领土瓜分狂潮,中国有识之士主张效法日本以图自强。同时,日本为能与列强分庭抗礼,其国内一部分朝野人士打出“中日同盟”的口号,谋求中日两国合力抵抗西方。上海东文学社就是在这样的背景下诞生的。罗振玉等人创立东文学社,首先是为《农学报》培养译才,还希望这些人才今后在输入新知识上派上用场,此外亦欲借学社促成中日两国亲善和好。学社最初的招生情况虽不理想,但随后入学者逐渐增加;开设的课程有东文、物理、化学、数学;社中所聘教员藤田丰八热心教学,学员在其指导下具备了翻译能力。同时,学社作为出版机构,为近代中国输入了各类新知识,还促成了国内其他东文学堂的诞生。

After Sino-Japanese War,western countries set off a wave of territorial carve-up in China.Some people claimed that we should imitate Japan to make our country stronger.At the same time,some Japanese put forward a slogan of"Sino-Japanese Alliance"to seek joint efforts of China and Japan to resist the western countries.It is against this background that Shanghai Japanese Language School was founded by Luo Zhenyu and others for two purposes:Firstly,Luo aimed to train translators for the Journal of Agronomy and also hoped that these talents would introduce new knowledge to China in the future.In addition,he hoped to promote the friendly relationship between China and Japan through the Japanese language school.Although the initial enrollment situation of the school was not good,the number of students gradually increased.The courses offered by the school included Japanese,physics,chemistry and mathematics.Fujita Tohachi,a teacher hired by the school,was enthusiastic about teaching,and students had the ability of translation under his guidance.At the same time,the school,as a publishing agency,imported all kinds of new knowledge for modern China,and also contributed to the birth of other Japanese language schools in China.