A Study Of New Xikang Magazine(1938-1947)

Since the establishment of Republic of China,with the deepening of the invasion of Western powers to China’s borderland,the Chinese people of insight established a large number of social organizations and academic institutions,which mainly studied the borderland and ethnic issues.They wrote and published abundant treatise and established many newspapers.After the outbreak of War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression,New Xikang magazine was founded on April 1,1938.This paper takes New Xikang magazine as the research object,which is divided into four parts: introduction,body(five chapters),conclusion and appendix.The "Introduction" reviews and gives comments on the academic history of relevant research,and explains the academic value of this study.It summarizes the meaning of "new Xikang" and the general situation of Xikang Province,and explains that the research object is mainly the New Xikang magazine founded in Sichuan and Xikang region,rather than the New Xikang Monthly magazine.Combined with the characteristics of journal history,it expounds the significance and comprehensive research methods of this paper.From the existing research results,the academic research and application of New Xikang magazine can be roughly divided into five categories: historical materials,references,citations,brief comments and related research.The first chapter analyses the background of the founding of New Xikang.It analyzes how the War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression and the situation in Scihuan and Xikang region,which are important parts of the World Anti-Fascist War impact on the founding of this magazine from the international situation,the domestic background,the development of borderland,the needs of the times and other aspects.It takes the founding and development of New Xikang into consideration in a broader era,trying to analyze that the New Xikang magazine was in line with nationalwide War of Resistance and the construction of the “rear area”,it was established at the right moment and played a special role in disseminating new ideas,gathering new people’s strength and building new Xikang.The second chapter is about the process and development stages of New Xikang.This chapter mainly sums up the development process of New Xikang from the publication of Volume 1,issue 1 on April 1 in 1938 to the end of Volume 5,issue 3 in May 1947.According to the process of this journal,it is divided into three stages: the initial stage,the prosperous stage and the end stage.This chapter expounds the basic situation of each period,and analyzes the comprehensive reasons of the stop publication of New Xikang which is not just about the fund.It tries to clarify the origin,main achievements and evolution process of New Xikang,and restore a real New Xikang with unique communication value which has been ignored for a long time from the perspective of history.The third chapter is the analysis of author and content of New Xikang,which is one of the focuses of this study.This chapter analyzes the main authors of the New Xikang,from which we can see the enthusiasm of the intellectuals in Xikang and even the whole country to devote themselves into the development and construction of the new Xikang and the enthusiasm of spreading the advanced anti Japanese enlightenment thoughts.The articles published in New Xikang mainly reflected the views of economic construction,infrastructure,defense work,education development and local customs in Xikang region,including construction thoughts,situation analysis,countermeasure thinking,case study and judgment,investigation and documentary,literature creation,etc.As we can see,it was rich in content.New Xikang focused on the propaganda of the administration concept of Xikang province at that time,the implementation of the provincial strategy,the focus on the enlightenment of the people,the strengthening of cultural education,the observation and recording of national customs.These articles and border records showed the rich history and culture of the Kangzang nationality,and truly reflect the patriotic feelings of the Xikang people and the overall concept of the Chinese nation.The fourth chapter is the analysis of articles with Liu Wenhui’s sign in New Xikang,which is the second focus of this paper.As the governor of Xikang District,Liu Wenhui was the main supporter and writer of New Xikang magazine.With his own view of the current situation,he inspired Chinese people to understand the situation of the times and grasp the changes of the times.He encouraged Xikang and domestic young people with aspirations to "sow the last drop of blood for the nation-state".He stressed that in the national crisis,the construction of Xikang in the War of Resistance must strive to make great progress.He warned people to be honest and united,to read,to serve the country,and to give full play to the supporting role of the “rear area”.He attached great importance to the unity of the Han and Tibetan Nationalities,.He called for "launching the highest emotion to complete the glorious mission",and condensed the "Kang nationality" and the Han nationality into a rope knot to establish the glory of Xikang and lay the foundation of national defense.He actively promoted all kinds of education in Xikang,and encouraged new learning atmosphere and spirit such as “hardworking and simple”,“cordial and friendly”,“being polite and law-abiding” and “being eager to learn”,trying to promote the development of ethnic minority areas through the development of education.Liu Wenhui constantly publicized his political views and thoughts through the New Xikang magazine,expecting uniting the people together to form a consensus and strength to accelerate the construction of new Xikang,and strive to build Xikang into an important base in the rear of the War of Resistance.The fifth chapter analyses the social influence and academic value of New Xikang.On the one hand,it analyzes the ideas,border control strategies,and construction achievements disseminated by New Xikang magazine,and the social influence of Xikang region and domestic readers produced by New Xikang at that time,on the other hand,it discusses the academic value of the articles published by New Xikang,and the era value that researchers are constantly exploring,it also expounds the practical reference function of New Xikang magazine to the national unity and periodical platform construction in the current Kangzang region."Conclusion" points out that New Xikang magazine in the middle and late period of the Republic of China played an important role of public opinion support and solidarity during the period of Liu Wenhui’s administration of Xikang,including the introduction of modern social ideas,the introduction of advanced production technology,the implementation of modern education and the advocacy of new life style.In the period of the War of Resistance when fought together with the national calamity,consolidated the bordeland and stabilized the Xikang Region,New Xikang undoubtedly became one of the important leading positions of people’s thoughts of all ethnic groups in Xikang province.New Xikang magazine and its supporter Liu Wenhui should have a place in the history of the development of the Chinese nation,Chinese newspapers and magazines,and newspapers and magazines in ethnic areas.Further study of New Xikang is not only a review of Xikang’s construction during the War of Resistance,a review of the social governance of the borderland during the Xikang period,but also a summary,memory and excavation of the historical experience of the development of Xikangethnic areas,as well as a heritage and promotion of the blood of the great family of the Chinese nation and the traditional spirit of national unity.This is of great significance to the construction of the community consciousness of the Chinese nation,the promotion of national unity,common prosperity and progress,and the further strengthening of social governance in ethnic areas.