The Study On The University Of Nanking Magazine

During the period of late Qing dynasty and the Republic of China,with the great transformation of the society and the communication of East and West Culture,the Chinese academic's form have changed greatly.The Chinese college journals were appeared in this period,which provide us many materials to study the thought dissemination,academic changes in modern Chinese history.The University of Nanking Magazine was the journal of the University of Nanking,it also one of the earliest college journal of China.It was published in 1909,at first it was a total English magazine.In 1913 it became a bilingual periodical,which included the Chinese and English.Because of the political reasons it was interrupted for twice,and finally stopped publication in 1930.In more than a decade,the University of Nanking Magazine published more than 70 issues.Which included many academic articles,the news of the campus,literary works,etc.So it was very important materials to study the history and the thoughts of the teachers and students in the early period of the University of Nanking.The University of Nanking was one of famous Christian college in China with many West colors,but it also based on the Chinese culture.Those characters were fully reflected in the University of Nanking Magazine.As a bilingual periodical,the University of Nanking Magazine promoted the communication between the West and East culture.The authors of the University of Nanking Magazine were mainly the teachers and the students in the University of Nanking.It authors included the old style scholars,the new intellectuals that studied in West countries,and the foreign teachers.Because of their different education background and the knowledge structure,so the articles styles variety in the University of Nanking Magazine,which include poems,essays,academic thesis etc.This reflected the multi-culture characters and the tolerance on various thoughts in the University of Nanking."Introduce the West academic" was one basic purpose of the University of Nanking Magazine.Those articles about the science,sociology,linguistics,comparative literature,library,reflected it's contribution to import the West academic to China,and application those thoughts with the Chinese reality.The University of Nanking Magazine's another purpose was "broadcast the Chinese Classic to the world",those articles about the Chinese culture which in English let the West readers have a deep understanding on China.The purpose of "introduce the West academic"and " broadcast the Chinese Classic to the world" were fully represented the academic characters in the early 20th century of China.This thesis described the background,course,editorial style,publish conditions and advertisements of the University of Nanking Magazine,and it relationship with the other periodicals in or outside the University of Nanking.Because of it bilingual character,this thesis analyzed and quantified the articles published on the University of Nanking Magazine,respectively in Chinese and English.Reflect it characters in every period.And the articles which written by Wang Dong-Pei,Tao Chin Hsin,Liu King-Shu,Chen Yu-Gwang,M.S.Bates,C.H.Hamilton,Pearl S Buck.Their works that published on the University of Nanking Magazine reflected it multi-culture characters.Under the great changes of the academic's form,the styles of the college journals also changed very much,especially after the New Culture Movement.The main trend was more specialization,such as the Monthly of Peking University,the Tsing Hua Journal and the Yenching Journal of Chinese Studies.It was inevitable that the University of Nanking Magazine was taken place by the Nanking Journal.Though it stopped publication in 1930,the University of Nanking Magazine have recorded the academic contribution of the early University of Nanking,and provided many chances for the youth students to publish their articles,and it also made a solid foundation for the development of the University of Nanking.After all,study on the University of Nanking Magazine.It's very helpful to depth our understanding about the relationship between the University of Nanking and the Chinese academic changes,the thought dissemination,the communication of East and West Culture.At the same time,it provided valuable reference to the development of China's college journals in today.