近代东林形象的变化

The Change of Donglin’s Image in Modern China

从万历三十九年(1611),人们争论东林是否是朋党开始,东林的形象就一直受朋党论的影响。晚清时期,面对前所未有的大变局,在西方政党制度的影响下,康有为、梁启超等人提出“合群立会”的观点。在这一观点的影响下,东林在一定程度上摆脱了朋党论的影响,其形象开始向正面方向转变。民国之时,东林好转的形象受到当时政党斗争的影响。随后因为“道德救亡”运动,东林形象再度好转。本文将侧重分析近代东林形象的变化及其原因,以此窥探近代以来,时人是如何利用已有的各类资源,论证自己的观点。

From the year of Ming Wanli thirty-nine years (1611), people argue whether Donglin is a Cliquish Politic and the image of Donglin has been influenced by it. In the late Qing Dynasty, in the face of unprecedented changes, Kang Youwei, Liang Qichao and others put forward the idea of “group learning” under the influence of the Western political party system. Under the influence of this view, to a certain extent, Donglin got rid of the influence of Cliquish Politics, so the image of it began to improve. In the Republic of China, the image was influenced by the political struggle. Then, because of the “Moral Salvation Movement”, the image of Donglin picked up again. This paper will focus on the analysis of the changes of Donglin’s image and its causes.