山根立庵、乙未会与《亚东时报》

《亚东时报》作为戊戌庚子时期日本人在上海创办的中文报纸,追踪和反映了大量时事,一些重要事件的当事人如唐才常、章太炎并曾介入报务,故于中国近代史研究有相当重要的价值。通过中日两方面文献比勘互证,考订与廓清创办史实,除有助于了解这一近代政论性报刊的运作,对理解民间层面中日交往的性质亦多有裨益。《亚东时报》原作为乙未会机关杂志在沪发行,其主要资助人是大东汽船会社社长白岩龙平,后转化为同文会的海外机关报。其主笔山根立庵不仅是报人,也是汉文学家,应白岩龙平之邀来华办报,与他本人所抱文学理想及在日境遇“不顺”有关。从撰稿、编辑到发行,《亚东时报》的基本业务几乎由山根立庵一手包办;同时凭借发表在该报的诗文,他得以广交文友,为中国文坛所推重。唐才常中途参与《亚东时报》编务,并从第7号开始主持了改版,但介入报务时间并不长,与白岩龙平、宗方小太郎在政治观念上亦有所分歧,所谓“主编”一说并不确实。东亚同文会成立后,在沪发行《同文沪报》,其言论路线与《亚东时报》不尽合,后两报发生组织人事合并,山根立庵退出,《亚东时报》随即停刊。
Abstract：As a Chinese newspaper published by Japanese people during the year of the boxer movement, Asian-Eastern Times reported a large amount of news and some important person such as Tang Caichang and Zhang Taiyan were directly involved in its operation. So it's important to the researches of modern Chinese history and the history of Sino-Japanese relations. The author investigated the history of this newspaper, clarified its Japanese background and the experiences of its founder, and made new explanation to its relationships with Tang Changcai and other persons.