晚清白话文运动的官方资源

追溯"五四"以后成型的现代白话文渊源,此前通行的做法是远究古代,近察晚清。但在语言的权力场中,官方实占有更多的文化资本。出自官方的白话文,其地位、影响也都在民间人士的撰述之上。清代官府大量的白话告示,以及定期宣讲的《圣谕广训》及其白话读本,不仅直接为晚清的白话文运动作了强有力的铺垫,而且作为有效资源,在运动展开过程中,不断地被官方与民间征引。

The Official Resources of the Vernacular Movement in Late Qing

In the past the common practice of tracing the historical origin of modern vernacular Chinese shaped in the period of the May 4th Movement was to probe to the ancient times and look into Late Qing Dynasty.The vernacular writings issued and published by the government had much more influence and higher position than those by the ordinary people.The large number of vernacular official notices and Shengyu Guangxun written in the vernacular not only became the stronge foundation of the vernacular movement in La...