本文首先描述了白话文在晚清的兴起状况，主要是从这么几个方面来说：理论上的提倡；政府法规、文告；教科书；白话报。并认为当时的切音字运动与白话文的兴起有着很密切的关系，继而第二部分分析了官方以及文人士大夫对白话的态度。及文人士大夫使用白话文的情况。第三部分是讨论白话文在晚清兴起的原因，以及为什么白话可以取代文言而逐渐从边缘走向中心。主要原因有文人士大夫向近代知识分子身份的转变；地域因素；文学观念的转变；先进的印刷技术；新的传播渠道等。最后，本文分析了晚清白话文兴起和“文界革命”、“诗界革命”、“小说界革命”的关系，通过分析胡适和周作人对晚清白话文的看法，认为晚清白话文做了充分的准备，两者有着一脉相承的关系。文章比较多地从思想史角度探讨了晚清白话文的兴起，同时从文言白话的关系也可以得到很多思想史方面的启示。

First this article described the situation that the writings in the vernacular was aroused in the late Qing Dynasty, it was main viewed from these aspects: advocate from theory; laws, regulations and proclamation of government; textbook and newspaper in vernacular. And I think the rise o fvernacular have close ties with Qie Yin Zi Movement. Then I analyse the government and the schocar's attitude of vernacular, and the situation of the schocar's use of vernacular. The third part of the article discuss the reason why vernacular was aroused in late Qing Dynasty, and why vernacular could take the place of classical Chinese, and gradually from the fringe towards the center. The main reason may be, the schocar is changed to modern intellectual; factor of region; concept of literature changed; advanced printing; new disseminate channel, and so on. Finally, I analyse the connections berween the rise of vernacular and “ Wenjie Revolution”，“Xiaoshuojie Revolution”，“Shejie Revolution” then through Hu shi and Zhou zuoren's opinion, I think the rise of vernacular has made full prepare for the Vernacular Movement, and the later Qing Dynasty and May Fourth come down in one continuous. This article approach the rise of vernacular from intellectual history's viewpoint, at the same time, we can get a good deal of enlightment at history of intellectual through the relation between the classical Chinese and vernacular.