《世界古今名妇鉴》与晚清外国女杰传

晚清出版的外国女杰传中,明治日本的影响相当大。其中由著名作家德富芦花编辑、1898年印行的《世界古今名妇鉴》比较特殊,属于隐身文本,不为中国译者提及,却有多篇传记经过反复译介,广泛流传,因此值得重视。本文从介绍《世界古今名妇鉴》的原文本入手,分三节作了探讨:将最早由梁启超译述、并一向被视为梁著的《罗兰夫人传》放在女性语境中,揭示其与晚清流行的女子为国民之母说法的关联;考察充满革命激情的《世界十女杰》,如何经由有意识的改写与添加,使传主因切合晚清国情,成为中国女性寻求独立、解放取法的楷模;最后再就《女报》(《女学报》)、《女子世界》与《中国新女界杂志》三个晚清女报的传记栏,分析其选取、隐括的译文同各自杂志宗旨的密切呼应——从而呈现具有百变身的《世界古今名妇鉴》参与晚清女界革命的实绩。

Encyclopedia of World's Famous Women and Biography of Foreign Heroines in Late Qing Period

Among the Biographies of foreign Heroines published in late period of Qing dynasty,those in Japan's Mingzhi time had a substantial impact.The Encyclopedia of World's Famous Women,which was edited and published in 1898 and was very specific,was never mentioned by Chinese translators while repeatedly recommended by many biographies.Beginning by introducing the original text of this book,this paper was divided into three parts: to reveal the relationship between The Biography of Lady Rolland,which was usually ...