论20世纪上半叶“红色”意蕴的政治转化

On the Political Transformation of the Meaning of “Red” in the First Half of the 20th Century

“红色”一词由传统意义上的颜色类别转换为具有“革命”意义的政治概念,1920年前后国外的传入至为关键,至于其传播渠道,主要体现为对俄国等欧洲国家及日本、美国等国革命运动的报道。20世纪20年代中叶之后,随着国共关系趋于破裂,国民党与北洋军阀合流,“赤化”“红色恐怖”中的“革命”意味开始发酵。到了20世纪30年代,伴随着共产党所办报刊与所编教材的自我认定,“红色”一词的“革命”意蕴最终定格。

“Red”transforms from a color category in the traditional sense to the political concept with the meaning of“revolution”.The main reason is because its implied meaning“revolution”was borrowed from abroad around 1920s.As for its communication channels,it is primarily reflected in the reports of revolutionary movements in European countries such as Russia,as well as the other countries like Japan and the United States.After the mid-1920s,as the relationship between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party of China tended to break down,and the Kuomintang merged with Northern Warlords,the meaning of“revolution”in“get red”and“red terror”began to ferment.With the self-identification of the newspapers,periodicals and textbooks edited by the Communist Party,the“revolutionary”connotation of the word“red”was finally fixed in the 1930s.