“青年”一词,如今流行于世,人人皆知。然而该词的应用究竟始于何时,却至今不尚明白。搞清这一问题,对于青年工作者尤其是从事青年研究的专业理论工作者不无益处。不久前,黄志坚同志在《古今纵横谈青年》(载《青年研究》1982年15期)一文中提到:“据目前的了解,青年一词在我国的出现约在本世纪初,最早曾见于清末光绪年间的文告。”该文首次接触“青年”一词的溯源问题,显然有其积极的意义。但按文中的提法计算,“青年”一词的出现不过才八十来年,这与史实未免有所抵悟。据本人初步查阅,“青 The word “youth” is now prevalent in the world and everyone knows it. However, when the application of the word began, it has not yet understood. To clarify this issue is of no benefit to young workers, especially professional theoretical workers engaged in youth research. Not long ago, Comrade Huang Zhijian mentioned in his article entitled “Youth in Old and New Times” (The Yearbook of Youth Studies, 1982, No. 15, 1982): “According to the current understanding, the emergence of the word youth in our country was around the turn of this century, The proclamation of the Guangxu period in the late Qing Dynasty. ”The article first touched upon the traceability issue of the term“ youth ”, which obviously has its positive significance. However, according to the formulation of the article, the word “youth” has only appeared in the past 80 years, which is not in accordance with historical facts. According to my preliminary inspection, "Green