重构“言论”合法性:民国初年报刊与政治关系考析

Reconstructing the Legitimacy of Editorials:An Examination of the Relationship Between the Press and Politics in the Early Republic of China

进入民国以后,对共和政治的厌倦和挫败感弥漫于言论界。对于民国共和的失望,恰恰表明共和依然在读书人的政治文化生活中占据着重要的位置,因此,以何种方式重塑、再造共和,构成了时人的问题意识。再造共和不仅仅指涉一种政治实践,就报刊史意义而言,更带出了对报馆与国事关系的重新理解。报刊言论所具有的经世功能,固然不断受到质疑、反思,但与此同时,读书人又试图创造新的言论形式、语言风格,重构报刊与共和政治的关系。

After the founding of the Republic of China(1912-1949),boredom and frustration with republican politics pervaded the public opinion.The disappointment with the republican government showed that the republic still occupied an important place in the political and cultural life of the intellectuals,and therefore,the way to reshape and recreate the republic constituted the problematic consciousness for the people of that age.The re-creation of the republic not only referred to a political practice,but also brought out a new understanding of the relationship between the press and state affairs in terms of the history of the press.The function of the editorials in the press had certainly been questioned and reflected upon.However,at the same time,the intellectuals tried to create new forms and language styles of editorials to reconstruct the relationship between the press and republican politics.