Wu Lien-Teh Revisited: The Nanyang Intelligentsia and Modern Medicine in China

本書以跨地域和跨學科領域途徑研究伍連德（1879-1960）。伍連德不只是大家熟悉的「抗疫鬥士」和「中國現代醫學先驅」，他也是被忽略的公共知識分子、外交家、社會活動家、人文主義者、遊記作者和文史學者。作者討論的問題包括伍連德為何引進一群南洋知識人才？如何鋪墊現代中國的醫療和衛生體系？又如何將中國的醫學、歷史、社會和文明介紹給西方世界？伍連德可說是世界防疫醫療史、南洋華人史，及現代中國知識生產和交流史三者互動的樞紐人物。本書從伍連德個人的身分和事業、到他引領南洋知識群體建構中國現代醫衛平臺，再到他的跨領域活動和人文關懷，以更寬廣的視野和多維角度切入，重新理解這位跨域南洋知識分子在近現代中國史上的定位和意義。

 

 

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伍連德一生經歷殖民地統治，西學洗禮，民國政爭和戰火，還有世界行旅與嬗變。他以公共醫療為方法，以華人福祉為訴求，充滿人文關懷。藉伍連德其人其事，黃賢強教授叩問南洋華人知識分子與中國現代性種種關聯，考證翔實，論述精謹，寄託深遠，極其值得推薦。

──王德威（美國哈佛大學東亞語言與文明系講座教授）

 

This book re-examines the life of Wu Lien-Teh (1879-1960) across geographical boundaries and interdisciplinary fields. Wu Lien-Teh is the renowned Plague Fighter and the Pioneer of Modern Medicine in China, but his work as a public intellectual, diplomat, social activist, humanist, travel writer, and scholar of Chinese history and culture has long been ignored. This book focuses on how and why Wu Lien-Teh recruited a group of Nanyang talents to China, how he laid the foundation for modern China's medical and public health system, and how he introduced Chinese medicine, history, society, and civilization to the Western world. Wu Lien-Teh could be characterized as the pivotal figure in the interaction between the history of epidemic prevention and medicine, the history of the Chinese in Southeast Asia, and the history of knowledge production and exchange in modern China. In short, this book re-evaluates the man that is Wu Lien-Teh: from his personal identity and career to his leadership of the Nanyang intellectuals, his work in building a modern medical and public health system in China, and his humanitarian activities. It provides a multi-dimensional perspective for readers to understand his place and significance in modern Chinese history. 

 

 

//書評閱讀//

 

●Book Reviews: Wu liande xinlun: nanyang zhishi fenzi yu jinxiandai Zhongguo yiwei. China and Asia

● 黃賢強,《伍連德新論: 南洋知識份子與近代中國醫衛》 [Wu Lien-Teh Revisited: The Nanyang Intelligentsia and Modern Medicine in China] by Wong Sin Kiong (review). Journal of the Malaysian Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society