论社会变迁背景下术语“慈善”的出现与普及

"慈善"一词在古语中大都用作形容词,将其作为概念和术语是20世纪初从日本转译过来的。该术语出现后立即被人们接受,至民初又得到官方文件的认可,终使其术语的地位得以确立。"慈善"作为术语的出现和迅速普及与近代社会变迁密切相关,一方面,作为19世纪末20世纪初激荡于中国社会的新名词洪峰中的一员,社会变革为其出现提供了良好的契机;另一方面,时人对中国传统慈善事业近代转型的自觉认知有力地推动了术语"慈善"的出现与迅速普及。

On the Appearance and Prevalence about the Terminology Charity under the Background of Social Changes

The word charity was always used as an adjective in classical Chinese,and was brought in as a concept and terminology from Japan at the beginning of 20th century.As soon as it came into being,the term became popular,and in the early stage of the Republic of China it was used in the official documents with its position as a terminology being established at last.Its appearance and prevalence in China was closely related to the environment of social changes.On the one hand,as it was one of many new nouns which...