新文化运动与出版物的勃兴

The New Culture Movement and the Flourishing of Publications

五四后兴起的新文化运动,重要的取向之一,就是将文化普及到社会大众。而普及的方式虽有多样,最见成效并且具有展示度的就是出版物的勃兴。开始主要是各种定期出版物即杂志,通常所说各地兴办了400种白话报刊,其实是将五四前新思潮时期所办报刊以及五四运动期间的学生刊物混同在内,真正创办于新文化运动时期,并以新文化为内容的,大约不到一半。在刊物的浅薄重复弊病引起普遍批评后,运动者和出版界又将目光转向编辑丛书。只是学术的平民化难免浮泛的流弊,出版很快陷于停顿。识者提倡批评与重视理科,开源和节流双管齐下,以专门化增强创新力,以挽救新文化运动的破产。

One of the important orientations of the New Culture Movement,which emerged after the May Fourth Movement,was to popularize culture among the public.Among various methods of popularization,the flourishing of publications was the most effective and measurable.In the beginning,magazines were the major publications.There was said to be 400 kinds of vernacular newspapers and magazines established during the New Culture Movement,which actually included the ones issued before the May Fourth Movement and the ones run by students during the May Fourth Movement.Newspapers and magazines that truly started during the New Culture Movement and disseminated new culture only occupied less than a half.After widespread criticism of the shallow and repetitive nature of the publications,the advocates of the movement turned their attention to series of books.However,popularized academics inevitably ended in generality.As a result,the publication of series of books came to a standstill quickly.Advocating criticism and emphasizing science,people of insight stimulated creativity by specialization,which saved the New Culture Movement from bankruptcy.