胡適的訪港之旅與在地迴響（1935年）

An Astounding Association: Hu Shih and Hong Kong

本文有以下五個重點：第一，釐清胡適如何因為英國退還庚子賠款而與香港結緣的經過；第二，胡適怎樣幫助香港大學推動中文學科課程改革、系主任人事招聘等事宜；第三，胡適接受港府與港大校方的邀請來港，接受了人生首個名譽博士頭銜，本文將展示他在港五天的行程安排與人事交際網絡；第四，胡適旋風式訪港後，在廣州與香港本地都引起截然不同的社會迴響，本文將闡明胡適訪港的在地熱烈迴響情況，並彰示遲來的香港文言、白話之爭；第五，綜合胡適在港的演講與文化交流，觀察香港的華人領袖與前線教育官員如何評價胡適倡言的「中國的文藝復興」運動。藉由上述研究，將可啟發我們進一步從他者視角或中國境外的異域位置重探胡適其人其學的時代意義。同時，我們也可以從相關研究中，看到中國政局發展對香港經學教育、中文課程改革乃至社會文化所產生的實質性影響。

This article advances the following five significant points: (1) it clarifies how the remission of the British Boxer Indemnity propelled Hu Shih into a relationship with Hong Kong; (2) it examines how Hu Shi facilitated the reform of Chinese education at the University of Hong Kong and the recruitment of the department’s head; (3) it illuminates Hu Shih’s personal network in Hong Kong and the circumstances surrounding his acceptance of the invitations from the Hong Kong government and the University of Hong Kong to come to Hong Kong to be awarded his first honorary doctorate; (4) it describes how Hu Shih’s Hong Kong trip initiated various responses in both Guangzhou and Hong Kong, paying particular attention to the enthusiastic response to Hu Shi's visit to Hong Kong as well as the belated debate over modern and classical Chinese literature that followed his visit; and (5) it summarizes Hu Shih’s speeches and cultural exchanges in Hong Kong, and explores the views of both Chinese leaders and Hong Kong front-line education officials concerning Hu Shih’s“Chinese Renaissance.”Finially, the article explains how the Chinese regime influenced Hong Kong’s Chinese education reform, Hong Kong’s social and cultural development, and moderated British conduct in China.