日本明治维新对中国近代“秘书”职名的确定有重要影响。作者广泛征引史料,指出清末新政中的“秘书”职名是借鉴了日本《各省官制通则》中的“秘书官”这一职名。同时,由于日文和中文的相似性和共通性,日本将“secretary”翻译为“秘書”的做法在近代中国被广泛接受和采纳。 The Meiji Restoration in Japan has an important influence on the establishment of the title of “secretary” in modern China. The author extensively solicited historical materials and pointed out that the title of “secretary” in the New Deal in the late Qing dynasty borrowed the title of “secretary” in Japan’s “General Rules of the Provinces and Organs.” At the same time, due to the similarities and commonalities of Japanese and Chinese, Japan’s translation of “secretary ” into “secretary ” has been widely accepted and adopted in modern China.