A Study Of Neoteric And Modern Chinese "Scholars Commenting On Politics"

In the history of neoteric and modern Chinese press,"Scholars Commenting on Politics" is one of the most distinctive features of the times, playing a very important role for the development of neoteric and-modern Chinese press and even the whole society. In the mid-19th century, the Opium War destroyed the isolation dream of Qing Dynasty. While the times of deep national crisis, Chinese intellectuals inspired to run a newspaper in order to comment on politics and seek a way of self-improvement inspired by the conception and practice coming from western-countries. And "Scholars Commenting on Politics" was born in the right moment. From Wang Tao blazing a trail to Zhang Jiluan’s "Four noes principle" pushing,"Scholars Commenting on Politics" to a new heights, and then Chu Anping’s analysis about "Scholars Commenting on Politics" bring into a new way. They deepened the excellent tradition.In this paper, I take three represents:"Wang Tao","Zhang Jiluan","Chu Anping" as my examples to study the theory of "Scholars Commenting on Politics". This article altogether divides into five parts. In the foreword, I explain the background of this topic. In the first part, I study the internal and external causes of "Scholars Commenting on Politics" arising. And the second part is mainly about the characters of Scholars Commenting on Politics". In the third part, I analyse the three individuals’contribution to "Scholars commenting on politics". The last part is trying to finger out the significance of "Scholars Commenting on Politics" for the press in recent times.