革命人物 / Revolutionary figure

謝纘泰

Tse Tsan-tai

1872年–1938年

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繁體中文

謝纘泰(1872年5月16日—1938年4月4日),原名謝贊泰,字聖安、又字重安,號康如,1872年生於澳洲悉尼,籍貫廣東開平。其父謝日昌為太平天國部將、洪門洪順堂香主,太平天國滅亡後逃到澳洲,謝纘泰自幼孕育反清思想。1887年他隨父移居香港,就讀中央書院(皇仁書院前身),畢業後在香港政府工務局任文員近十年,亦曾任洋行買辦及經理。1892年他與楊衢雲等人在上環百子里創辦輔仁文社,被視為近代中國第一個反清革命組織;1895年他加入興中會,成為僅次於楊衢雲、孫中山的第三號人物,負責對外交涉,並參與策劃乙未廣州起義,事敗後留港處理善後。他曾以英文撰寫興中會的第一篇宣言,並公開致函光緒皇帝。1898年他創作《時局圖》(又稱《時局全圖》),以漫畫揭露列強瓜分中國的危機,被視為中國第一張現代意義的漫畫。他亦是航空先驅,自1894年起研製飛艇,1899年設計出「中國號」飛艇圖樣,為中國歷史上最早的飛艇設計。1897年他建立華商會所;1902年他聯同李紀堂、洪全福聯絡會黨,計劃以「大明順天國」攻佔廣州,因泄密而失敗。1903年他與英國人克寧漢創辦《南華早報》(當時譯稱《南清早報》)並任編輯。中華民國成立後,他獲聘為臨時稽勳局名譽審議,但很快退出官場,轉營農、礦業,晚年潛心研究古代中國文學藝術及人類起源等課題,1917年寫成《世界元始總綱 中國黃種來源》一書,論證中國人種與聖經《創世紀》的關係;1924年他在《南華早報》發表英文《中華民國革命秘史》,對孫中山多所批評,令他幾乎從國民黨官方史書中消失。1938年4月4日,他於灣仔軒尼詩道寓所病逝,終年六十五歲。

English

Tse Tsan-tai (1872–1938) was born in Sydney to a family from Kaiping, Guangdong. His father Tse Yat-cheong had been a general of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom and an elder of a Triad lodge, and after the Taipings fell he fled to Australia, where his son's anti-Qing convictions took shape. Tse moved to Hong Kong with his father in 1887 and studied at the Central School (later Queen's College), then worked for nearly ten years as a clerk in the government's Public Works Department and later as a comprador and manager for foreign firms. In 1892 he and Yeung Ku-wan founded the Furen Literary Society in Pak Tsz Lane, Sheung Wan, regarded as the first anti-Qing revolutionary organisation in modern China. Joining the Revive China Society in 1895 as its third-ranking figure after Yeung and Sun Yat-sen, he handled its external affairs and helped plan the 1895 Guangzhou uprising, staying in Hong Kong afterwards to deal with the aftermath; he wrote the society's first declaration in English, with an open letter to the Guangxu Emperor. In 1898 he drew The Situation in the Far East, exposing the scramble for concessions; it is considered China's first modern political cartoon. An aviation pioneer as well, he produced in 1899 the design for a 'China' airship, the earliest such plan in Chinese history. In 1902 he joined Lee Kai-tong and Hung Chuen-fuk in organising secret-society networks for the Datong Shuntian Kingdom plot to seize Guangzhou, which failed after a leak. With Alfred Cunningham he founded the South China Morning Post in 1903 and served as its editor. After the Republic was founded he was appointed an honorary adviser to the bureau for rewarding revolutionary merit, but soon left public life for farming and mining and later for the study of ancient Chinese literature and the origins of mankind; in 1924 the South China Morning Post published his English memoir The Secret History of the Chinese Revolution, sharply critical of Sun Yat-sen, which helped erase him from official Kuomintang history. He died at his home on Hennessy Road in Wan Chai on 4 April 1938, aged 65.

人物小檔 Profile

職業Occupation

革命家、報人、實業家、航空先驅

年期Active period

1872年–1938年

代表作Notable works

輔仁文社創辦人之一、《南華早報》創辦人之一、《時局圖》作者

獎項及榮譽Awards & honours

民國臨時稽勳局名譽審議

資料整理日期 / Compiled: 2026-09-13

權威檔 Authority record

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  • Tse Tsan-tai · name

    英文全名

  • 謝贊泰 · variant

    異名

  • 興中會成員 · variant

    身份稱呼

同一權威識別:https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1344627

主要成就 Key Achievements

1892

與楊衢雲等在上環百子里創辦輔仁文社

Co-founded the Furen Literary Society in Pak Tsz Lane, Sheung Wan, with Yeung Ku-wan and others

1898

創作《時局圖》,被視為中國第一張現代意義的漫畫

Drew The Situation in the Far East, regarded as China's first modern political cartoon

1903

與克寧漢創辦《南華早報》並任編輯

Co-founded the South China Morning Post with Alfred Cunningham and served as its editor

影響與傳承 Impact & Legacy

繁體中文

謝纘泰主導輔仁文社與興中會的組織和對外交涉,又以《時局圖》開中國現代漫畫先河、設計最早的中國飛艇圖樣,並參與創辦《南華早報》;其《中華民國革命秘史》對孫中山的批評,使他長年被官方史書忽略。

English

Tse Tsuan-tai drove the organising and external affairs of the Furen Literary Society and the Revive China Society, pioneered China's first modern political cartoon and earliest airship design, and helped found the South China Morning Post; his critical memoir of Sun Yat-sen long kept him out of official histories.

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