Writing in wartime China: Chongqing,Shanghai, and Southern Zhejiang

ABSTRACT

The outbreak of the full-scale Sino-Japanese War (1937–1945) brought an end to the printing and publishing industry centered in Shanghai in the 1930s. Chongqing then emerged as a nerve center of information and opinion. Writers everywhere worked under wartime conditions of social dislocation, economic dependency, and political control. This article examines the writing and publishing of three notable pieces of work completed in wartime Chongqing, Shanghai, and southern Zhejiang, respectively. The article explores the context in which each work was written and then evaluates the broader significance of the texts with regard to a historical assessment of the Chinese intellectual experience during wartime.     

评《肇域志》

《肇域志》是顾炎武的地理名著 ,但流传甚稀 ,一般人很难见到。本文从四个方面对该书进行全面评价。一、从《肇域志》引录的资料 ,探讨该书的资料来源。二、通过《肇域志》与《读史方舆纪要》的比较 ,说明它们都是以历史军事地理为特点的巨著。三、《肇域志》虽经顾氏多次补充和修改 ,留待处理的痕迹仍随处可见。该书是一部未定稿。四、《肇域志》版本的流传线索及保存情况。