从《星洲晨报》看晚清驻新加坡领事左秉隆

To discuss Singapore Consulate Zuo Binglong of the late Qing Dynasty from Singapore Chinese Morning Post

清朝末年,南洋华文报刊成为了革命派与保皇派激烈论战的战场,双方都在自己的报刊上撰文宣传自己的立场。清朝驻新加坡领事也不可避免地卷进了这场论战,作为清朝驻新加坡之政府代表并且担任清朝驻新加坡领事时间最长的左秉隆,曾出现在多个报刊的报道中。本文以《星洲晨报》为例,介绍革命派报刊中左秉隆的形象,由此窥探近代南洋华侨社会变革时代舆论之概貌。

In the last few decades of the Qing Dynasty,Southeast Asian newspapers written in Chinese became the battlefield of argument between the revolutionaries and the royalists. Both of them presented their stance in their newspapers. The Qing's consulate in Singapore,was inevitably involved in the discussion. Zuo Binglong,which had a longest tenure as the Qing's consulate in Singapore,was active in many newspapers.This paper,taking Singapore Chinese Morning Post as an example,shows the image of Zuo Binglong in the revolutionaries' newspaper and to discuss the changes of public opinion of the Overseas Chinese in Southeast Asia over time.