The Study of Singapore Confucianism Activities in the Late 19th Century 19世纪末新加坡儒教活动研究：族群构建与文化认同 Ethnic Construction and Cultural Identity

Abstract

In the late 19th century, a large-scale Confucianism activity emerged from the advocacy of Singaporean Chinese business leaders. The main content of the activities included preaching of Confucianism Classics, established free schools and the founding of the Confucian Temple. This movement played an important role in the specification of Chinese society, ethnic construction and cultural identity. In terms of its historical significance, it is a grand proposition to study the transformation of Confucian thinking into religion and its function in social construction through the cultural field from overseas. Based on the Chinese newspapers in Singapore in the late 19th century, this research attempts to interpret the Confucianism activities in Singapore during the late 19th century.
Keywords: Confucianism, cultural identity, ethnic, Chinese society

19 世纪末新加坡儒教活动研究： 族群构建与文化认同

摘要
19 世纪末，新加坡华人社会在华商领袖的倡导下，出现了大规模的儒教活动。活动以儒家经典的宣讲、义塾的开办和孔庙的建设为主要内容。这场运动在规范华人社会、族群构建与文化认同方面发挥了较大的作用。就其历史意义而言，在域外的文化场域中研究儒家思想的宗教化转向和社会建构中的功能发挥都是一个宏大的命题，本文以 19 世纪末的新加坡华文报刊为主要文献，对19 世纪末新加坡儒教活动进行解读。
关键词：儒教，文化认同，族群，华人社会