今年春节当中,偶然得到一张六十八年前的旧报纸,和春节期间上海各报放在一起看,正好形成一个很有趣的对照。这一张光绪维新时期在上海租界上出版的报纸,在当时的报纸当中,大概可以归入办得比较认真这一类的。可是报上的内容,也不过就是这样几类:圣旨;冠盖往来、要人行踪;大量的所谓“社会新闻”:如流氓吃讲茶,小偷施美人计,中国妓女到东京,官僚烧香,农妇被拐,等等,简直成了要闻。广告(占整个报纸篇幅的一半以上)则开列着妓女的花名册,烟(?)的价目,摸骨论相的自我吹嘘,等等,和新闻互相呼应,配合得极为得体。 During the Spring Festival this year, it was just a coincidental conclusion that an old newspaper of 68 years ago was put together with newspapers in Shanghai during the Spring Festival. The newspaper published in Shanghai’s concession during the reign of Guang Xu was probably classified as more conscientious in the newspapers at that time. However, the contents of the newspaper, but also is such a few categories: the imperial edict; crown cover exchanges, the people whereabouts; a large number of so-called “social news”: such as rogue eating tea, thieves beauty meter, Chinese prostitutes to Tokyo, Be abducted, and so on, has simply become a major news. Advertising (which accounts for more than half of the newspaper’s space) lists the list of prostitutes, the price of cigarettes (?), The self-proclamation of fooling around, and so on.