ISSUE : 3795 (1939-04-21) 晶報 - JING BAO - "THE CRYSTAL"

Founding Date:

1919-03-03

End of publication:

1940-05-23

Frequency:

Issue no. 0001 (1919-03-03) - issue no. 1618 (1932-10-06): Every three days.
Issue no. 1619 (1932-10-10) - end of publication: Daily.

no issue / missing issues: 1933-05-03

Format/Size:

Size of a sheet: 38 x 26 cm.
Format: Changes in detail:
4 pages
......... No. 0001 (1919-03-03) - no. 1538 (1932-01-30)
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2 pages
......... No. 1539 (1932-02-01) - no. 1554 (1932-03-24)
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4 pages
......... No. 1555 (1932-03-27) - no. 3318 (1937-08-15)
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2 pages
......... No. 3319 (1937-08-16) - no. 3411 (1937-12-25)
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......... No. 3320 - 3334 (1937-10-09) are published "outside of the regular publishing schedule" ("hao wai" 號外).
4 pages
......... No. 3412 (1938-01-19) - no. 3794 (1939-02-07)
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......... No. 3795 (1939-04-21) - no. 3939 (1939-10-15)
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6 pages
......... No. 3940 (1939-10-16) - no. 4105 (1940-03-20)
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......... Details: 2 large rectangular pages: 1 page per 1 side of a sheet
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......... No. 4106 (1940-03-21) - no. 4157 (1940-05-23)
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Print/Type:

Microfilm.
Original print & paper: lithography.

Price:

Issue prices changed during the course of publication:
Issue no. 0001 (1919-03-03): 今日一張零售大洋二分
Issue no. 1207 (1929-04-03): 今日一張零售大洋二分四釐
Issue no. 1430 (1931-03-03): 今日一張零售大洋二分八釐
Issue no. 3412 (1938-01-19): 今日壹張售銅元肆枚
Issue no. 3795 (1938-04-21): 今日贰張售國幣贰分四厘
Issue no. 3796 (1938-04-22): 今日兩全張售國幣贰分四厘
Issue no. 3841 (1939-10-17): 今日壹張半售國幣三分
Issue no. 3842 (1939-10-18): 今日兩張售國幣三分
Issue no. 4060 (1940-02-13): 今日兩張售國幣四分
Issue no. 4106 (1940-03-21): 今日一張售國幣四分
Issue no. 4132 (1940-04-24): 今日一張售國幣五分

TOC:

Prominent agents:

神州日報館 Shenzhou ribao guan (Publisher)
余大雄 Yu Daxiong (Founder)
芥塵 Jiechen (Editor)

Summary of Content:

《晶報》：近代文藝小報。與《羅賓漢》《福爾摩斯》《金剛鑽》並稱為小報界“四大金剛”。

1919年3月3日由創刊于上海，創辦人餘大雄，初為三日刊，后改為日刊。原繫《神州日報》附刊，但也單獨髮行。1940年5月23日停刊。

該報初創時，自雲宗旨是“竊願竭文字之能力，為吾國中萬事萬物掃除障翳，使漸入光明之城”，希望“自吾報齣，吾國一切之政情與事象，皆以吾文字蕩摩之力，由晦暗而漸至于光明”幾乎網羅了所有文壇鉅子為其撰稿，如包天笑、王鈍根、袁寒雲、張春帆、周瘦鵑、徐卓呆等50餘人，又聘請了丁悚、瀋伯塵、黃文農、張聿光等漫畫傢輪流為該報插畫。

該報創辦之初，仍脫不了風花雪月之舊套，“五四運動”后受社會風潮影響，報風開始轉變。加之三年后脫離勒《神州日報》，編輯方針于是做了重大改變，批評朝政，議論時事，言論尖刻，諷刺入裏，引起了自上至下的全麵關註。它還常邀大報記者為之撰稿，形成了一種“文藝咖啡式”的辦報風格，銷路于是直綫上昇，高達5萬多份，居小報之冠。此為《晶報》的全盛時期。

1932年10月，餘大雄同張竹平、須彌一起將《晶報》改為日刊，並進行了一繫列革新。餘大雄死后，該報一度由錢芥塵接辦，在美商A. Tedoro的名義下繼續齣版。之后又由傾嚮日方的關某主編，常登同盟社的消息，因此失去讀者。1940年5月停刊，歷時21年。

（祝均宙）

From: Chinese Entertainment Newspapers Database http://xiaobao.uni-hd.de (unpublished record).

Publishing history:

Chronology of publishing details, according to information published with the paper:

Publisher:
Chinese Entertainment Newspapers Database http://xiaobao.uni-hd.de (unpublished record):
神州日報報館

Publication medium:
Chinese Entertainment Newspapers Database http://xiaobao.uni-hd.de (unpublished record):
初為神州日報附刊，後隨主報發行並單獨發行。後因神州日報虧損太大，晶報被轉讓給主持中南晚報的蔣裕泉。

(Contact details for) Editor /Publisher:
Issue no. 0001 (1919-03-03): 社址　上海望平街
Issue no. 3412 (1938-01-19): 舘址　漢口路二九九號　電話九三四二八

Distributor:
Issue no. 4022 (1940-01-01): A. L. Teodoro

Publication Type:

電影 (dian ying) - FILM
電影 (dian ying) - FILM
小報 (xiao bao) - XIAOBAO
家庭生活 ( jia ting sheng huo) - FAMILY LIFE
綜合 (zong he) - MISCELLA- NEOUS
時尚生活 ( shi shang sheng huo) - LIFESTYLE
文藝 (wen yi) - ART

Assigned Holdings:

Institute of Chinese Studies, Heidelberg, digitalized from 1986 microfilm collected by Shanghai tushuguan.
4255-4313/-4327 M
Issues held by ECPO:
Issues No. 0001 (1919-03-03) - No. 4157 (1940-05-23).

Issues missing in ECPO:
The collection at Shanghai library is incomplete. No images in the microfilm between 1939.02.07 and 1939.04.21.

Publishing suspended (xiu kan 休刊) during the following time periods:
- 1937-09-01 - 1937-10-09: only "hao wai" published
- 1937-12-26 - 1938-01-18
- 1939-02-08 - 1939-04-20
- 1939-09-03 - 1939-10-05.

This publication can also be found at:

1) Chinese Entertainment Newspapers Database http://xiaobao.uni-hd.de (unpublished record)

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