Chapter 4 On the Benefits of Newspapers to State Affairs (August 9, 1896)

The strength of the Warring States Period lies in its penetration.If the blood is blocked, you will get sick; if you don't have academic knowledge, you will be poor; if the road is blocked, Qin and Yue will regard it as fertile and indifferent;But so is the country.The upper and lower are not connected, so there is no effect of propagandizing morality and affection, and the officials who dance the text are adulterers; the internal and external are not connected, so they have no ability to know themselves and the enemy, and the old-fashioned Confucianism is a drum.China has been insulted for decades, and it is impossible to sit here.

Going to the border to find a way is not the same way, but the newspaper is also the guide.No eyes and ears, no mouthpiece, it is called abolished disease.Today, all nations stand side by side, and they are still neighbors, and within Qizhou, they are still in the same room.I don't know about the things of neighbors, even if they are done by the same room. If you don't hear each other, you have ears and eyes but no eyes and ears; mouthpiece.It helps the ears, eyes, and mouthpiece, and it can be used as a newspaper for those who are sick in the world. Did the newspaper office have a sign in ancient times?The ancient grand master Chen Shi used to observe the customs of the people, and the hungry sang about their food, and the laborers sang about their affairs, so that they could be interviewed in the podium.Gongqing and Dafu, bragging about the virtues, discussing politics, imperial envoys, Jianghan Jixun, Sigan examination room, horse husbandry, the king tells his ministers, the superiors tell the subordinates, and the officials report.Another example is reciting and exercising the local chronicles of the Tao, and watching things with edicts; in charge of the Tao, using edicts to ward off taboos, and knowing the customs of the place; It is said in terms of patrolling the world.Those who proclaim the virtues and understand the feelings are not mere records, but also have duties. Therefore, the master can know the world from one room, and the scholar can know the state affairs by reciting three hundred.The prosperity of the three generations is not due to this.

The big newspapers of the Westerners, the speeches of the House of Representatives, the accountants of the state, the life and death of the number of people, the dangers of geography, the prosperity and decline of the people's business, the courses of the society, and the categories of products. Discipline, discipline the actions of neighboring countries, discipline the increase or decrease of military strength, discipline the change of laws, discipline the discipline of new principles, discipline the discipline of the new system of utensils and arts.For its branch newspapers, those who talk about government affairs can read the official newspaper, those who talk about geography can read the Journal of Geosciences, those who talk about military affairs can read the Journal of Water and Army, those who talk about agriculture can read the Journal of Agriculture, those who talk about business and politics can read the Journal of the Chamber of Commerce, and those who talk about medicine can read Those who speak can read medical newspapers, those who talk about public affairs can read engineering newspapers, and those who talk about style can read newspapers of famous experts in astronomy, arithmetic, sound, light, chemistry, and electricity.If there is a study, there is a newspaper, and a certain one learns a new meaning, that is, a certain newspaper has one more news.Therefore, those who are in charge of affairs do not have to worry about ignorance and ignorance, and scholars of language can gain the benefits of being good at grinding.I am still afraid that the meaning of the text is too cumbersome to be understood by all people, so there are women and children.It publishes quarterly, monthly, semi-monthly, ten-day, seven-day, five-day, three-day, two-day, daily, or semi-daily.The protection of the newspaper by the state is like a bird's vend;The more newspapers you read, the wiser you are; the more newspapers you have, the stronger your country will be.Said: only through the reason.

It is beneficial to the state affairs, so people with talent and morality, there are those who were the chief writers yesterday and are now in power, and there are also those who have dismissed the shufu and entered the newspaper at night. They advocate the state and communicate with the government every time.Such as the war between Russia and Turkey, the alliance between Germany, Austria, and Italy, people from all over the world can look up to the discussion of "Qin Times", Wenfu finished the manuscript, and the electricity is flying, 52 The most important thing is that the newspaper is beneficial to national affairs And so.However, Britain, Germany, and Japan may have laws of slander and punishment in newspapers, so what?Recording trivial stories and interviewing anecdotes are not wild words of Qi Dong, that is, secret miscellaneous matters, created behind closed doors, and talked about casually, which does not make up for the difficulties of the time, and is ineffective. The disadvantages are one of them; , just relying on the mouth of the market tiger, ignoring the suspicion of punishing the chicken at night, and even trying to figure out the sentiments of the people, fabricating deceitful theories, overseas has become a calamity, and there are still written books on the paper, which deceives people and hears them, and delays the overall situation. The disadvantages are two; Characters, discussing recent events, relying on their grievances and grievances, their writing is better than swordsmen, or praising the powerful, as a ladder to draw a train, or denouncing the rich, as a left-hand scroll, acting like rogues, speaking righteously and auspiciously. There are three disadvantages: discussing anecdotes, bandits have their origins, following Chen Yan, suppressing Tu's theory, or worrying about their talents, perfunctory, discussing anecdotes, chronicling tours, meaningless, meaningless words, There are four disadvantages; there may be some translations that are slightly wider, with ample remarks, deleted and eliminated, and know the essence of the style, but by explaining the style of the clan, they do not come out of Zheng Zhi. , and its disadvantages are five.With all these reasons, Siyi was put in shackles, and one or two self-conscious people in the country turned to regard newspapers as thieves, and newspapers as monsters.Woo hoo, it's not intimidating!

Today, if the newspaper is published in China, if you want to restore the grand view of the Westerners, it will be impossible.The Western National Assembly deliberated on a matter, announced it to the public, and ordered the newspapers to enter the court to record it; China kept secrets, and the truth about the actions of the shufu was unknown, regardless of outsiders.The number of people, property, business, and business records in the Western countries are recorded daily, and the scrolls are brightly displayed. Objects and industries are not known to everyone, regardless of the imperial court.Western personalities are dedicated to creating specialized industries. Government schools and scholarly societies emphasize observation and emulation. New methods are emerging soon, so they are eager to publish them in newspapers to see them first; , the gods know the law, and a new system is created.Sitting on this number, the strengths of Western newspapers are beyond my ability.Then what about the example of reporting?Said: By widely translating the recent affairs of Wuzhou, the reader will know the overall situation of the whole world, and the reasons for its strength and weakness will not be arrogant, sitting in the well to discuss the world; if you record the new policies of each province in detail, the reader will know the real benefits of the new law , and the difficult scriptures of those who are in charge of affairs, and their purpose, those who obstruct them may be hopeless; if you search for important cases in negotiations, you will know that the country is not established, you are humiliated by others, the law is not taught, and you are fooled by others, so you can study hard .It is a shame to think about it before washing; if you include important books on politics and learning, the reader will know the origin and development of all practical learning, and its ever-changing traces.Promising to do this, wait for the years, the trend will gradually open, a hundred wastes will be gradually lifted, the national system will be gradually established, and talents will gradually emerge. Ten years later, the scale of the newspaper office can also be gradually prepared.

Husband!The Chinese Dibao was popular before the Western newspaper, but it has not been promoted for hundreds of years.When the commercial bank is opened up, there are many things to follow; to persuade a hundred satires, to benefit and to cover the few;Although the power of mosquitoes and horseflies, there is no way to take down the mountain; but the heart of fine birds does not forget to fill the sea.It is not the righteousness of a doctor at the top, and the advice of the common people is attached to the bottom; it is foolish to fight the fire with selfish intentions, and it is forced to speak out;If the listener is not bright, the eyes are slander, destroying the bud and pulling the tiller, what is the point?Or they are in the same boat, thinking about loneliness and anger, advocating protection, and forming districts, then Gu Tinglin's so-called "the rise and fall of the world, and the humbleness of everyone, and the responsibility for it" has already been heard.