〈臺省民主歌〉之校證及其作者考索

〈臺省民主歌〉是一首以閩南語記錄的七言歌仔，敷唱清光緒二十一年(1895)臺灣紳民因不滿清廷將臺灣割讓給日本，成立「臺灣民主國」以抗拒日軍接收與統治的經過。本論文以光緒二十三年上海點石齋出版石印本〈臺省民主歌〉爲依據，參酌其他版本以及文獻史料校勘、辨證與注釋；並據其用詞、用韻、民俗與地緣關係等分析考索，再配合田野調查，推斷作者（歌者）應是錫口（今臺北市松山）一帶偏泉州腔的人士，有可能是通稱「郎君先」的南管先生。歌中限於政治環境稱抗日義士詹振爲匪徒，但表達的卻是庶民百姓對唐景崧棄職潛逃的不滿，以及對抗日力量不能團結的失望。

關鍵字

臺灣民主國；臺省民主歌；七言歌仔；抗日歌謠

並列摘要

”Taiwanese Democracy Song” is a ballad in 7-character lines. It narrates the process of Taiwan's being rendered into Japanese territory in 1895, the Taiwanese resistance of the Japanese troops and the establishment of Taiwan Republic. The primary text examined in this paper is the lithographic edition of 1897 published by the Dianshizhai Publisher, Shanghai, supplemented by other editions. I collate these editions with annotations. Then I analyze the ballad’s diction, rhyming, related folklore and geographical background. I propose that the author ought to have been someone from the Xikou (now Songshang) area speaking with a predominantly Quanzhou accent, possibly a Nanguang master then generally called Langjunxian. In the ballad, the anti-Japanese revolutionist Zhan Zhen is vilified as a ”gangster.” The content of it however, expresses discontent towards Tang Jingsong's fleeing his presidency as well as regrets over the disunity of the anti-Japanese forces.