"Wuxi Vernacular News" Research

During the first high tide of the newspaper in china,the reformists began to try to establish a batch of vernacular newspapers that were easy to understand,aims to combine intelligence and implement the ideas of reform to the public,arouse the change of power from bottom to top.In May 1898,Qiu Tingliang with niece QiuYufang of deep translation skills founded the Wuxi Vernacular Newspaper in hometown Wuxi,aims to spread reform thoughts in colloquial way.In order to promote the practice of vernacular culture to the whole country,the paper changed its name to "China Official Voice Vernacular Newspaper " after the fourth period,which doubled the length and enriched the content.As the public opinion fields of the reform movement,on the one hand,the paper criticized stubborn conservative officials and scholars even "demonized’ and "stigmatized",construct the legitimacy of the reform of public opinion.On the other hand,the paper adopted the moderate attitude towards the masses of the people.The newspaper guided their change inherent in the concept to support the implementation of the reform with a witty humor metaphor.With the advance of the reform movement of 1898,the newspaper constantly adjusted the content of the column,and in the vernacular speech,increased the proportion of western learning translation,vigorously advocated the practical ideas,and promoted the public opinion.It is worth noting that the paper has devoted a lot of space to the idea of women’s learning and learning education,focusing more on the:individual".With the failure of the reform movement of 1898,this newspaper was also closed.Although only lasted more than four months,but the newspaper with its distinctive position,witty and spicy language style,and close to the livelihood of the people’s practical claims at the time of its own,was a batch of vernacular newspapers of the pioneer.In addition,Wuxi Vernacular Newspaper with plenty of space to record the people at all levels in the Wuxi region of micro dynamic in the political reform movement,revealed the progressives and conservatives compete with struggle.It is a precious historical materials.It provides a special perspective for us to study the folk dynamics in the period of the reform movement of 1898.After the newspaper publication dissolution,the founders turned to be educator or translator,then continue to enlightenment business for life.They laid a certain ideological foundation for Wuxi’s transition from feudalism to modernization.