秉持公心、發言論事－－「書生辦報」再檢視

Comments on Political Affairs with Attention to Public Interests: A Review of the Scholar-run Newspapers

「書生辦報」是區別於黨人辦報與商人辦報之外，具有中國本土意義的辦報樣態。「書生辦報」的精神在中國歷史上可謂源遠流長，在近代中國也有著特殊的階段性「呈現」。本文梳理了「書生辦報」的導端、轉折、復興、高潮、尾聲及退場的歷史軌跡，並闡釋了其何以如此「呈現」的外在及內在動因。此外，「書生辦報」希冀以言論干政，貴在敢言，並保持身份超然，以延續體現共性，以演進昭示不同，立體地詮釋著具有中國獨特內涵的辦報傳統。

The scholar-run newspapers, the third type of newspapers and characterized by Chinese native culture, are different from political and business newspapers. The essences of scholar-run newspapers, which are particular to modern China, run a long course from a remote source in Chinese history. This paper summarizes the historical commencement, milestones, revivals, climax, epilogue, and exiting of the scholar-run newspapers and examines their external and internal motivations. Besides, the scholar-run newspapers were in the hope to influence political affairs. They value outspokenness, meanwhile they hold a detached standing. Though inherited the common characteristics from previous newspapers, they also demonstrated discrepancies in evolution, presenting the unique tradition of Chinese journalism in its entirety