清末时人曾这样说:“新党之议论盛行,始于时务报;新党之人心解体,亦始于时务报。”这样说可能不很恰当,但却说明了《时务报》在戊戌维新中的重要作用。我国古代农民起义的宣传、发动、组织、联络手段大多利用宗教迷信或秘密结社,到近代,农民那种落后的斗争形式已不适应年轻的中国资产阶级的斗争需要。他们要大力宣传自己的意识形态、思想体系。于是报刊成了进行这种宣传的最好工具。《时务报》,就在这样的历史条件下应运而生了。当立志维新变革的康有为屡次上书皇帝不达后,先后组织了北京、上海强学会,并靠捐助的经费出版了《强学报》,但不久即被弹劾。这时,黄遵宪、汪康年等人提议以强学会之余款筹备创办《时务报》以“开民智”,并请康有为的得意门生,在康有为上 In the late Qing Dynasty, people once said: “The argument by the New Party is prevalent that it starts with the current affairs newspaper. The Xin Dang people’s heart disintegration also starts with the current affairs newspaper.” This may not be appropriate, but it shows that “Current Affairs Newspaper” Important role. Most of the propaganda, mobilization, organization and means of communication of the peasant uprisings in ancient China took advantage of religious superstition or secret association. In the modern era, the backward form of struggle for peasants no longer meets the needs of the struggle of the young Chinese bourgeoisie. They should vigorously promote their own ideology and ideology. So the press became the best tool for this kind of publicity. “Current Affairs Newspaper” came into being under such historical conditions. When Emperor Kang You-wei, who decided to reform and change, repeatedly submitted a letter to the emperor, he successively organized the Beijing-Shanghai Strong Learning Association and published the “Strong Journal” on the donation, but was soon impeached. At this time, Huang Zunxian and Wang Kangnian proposed to set up the “Current Affairs Newspaper” to “open the people’s wisdom” with the balance of the Qiang Society and asked Kang Youwei, the proud student,