现代著名作家许地山之父许南英,是我国近代史上一位有相当成就的台湾籍爱国诗人,他与丘逢甲生活于同一历史时期,并且具有大致相同的经历和一样的爱国主义精神。但由于种种原因,诗人的生平及诗歌创作成就鲜为人知,这未始不是一件憾事,因此,引起从事中国近代文学研究工作者的关注。例如赵沛霖同志,近年来,他在许南英研究方面作了大量的工作。除在《广东社会科学》、《台声》、《苏州大学学报》诸刊物上发表了《清末台湾爱国诗人 Xu Nanying, the father of Xu Dashan, a modern well-known writer, is a well-established Taiwanese national patriotic poet in modern Chinese history. He and Qiu Fengjia lived in the same historical period with roughly the same experience and the same spirit of patriotism. However, due to various reasons, the poet’s life and achievements in poetry writing are not well known. This is not a regrettable incident. Therefore, it has aroused the concern of those engaged in the research of modern Chinese literature. For example, Comrade Zhao Pei Lin has done a great deal of work in Xu Nanying’s research in recent years. In addition to “social sciences in Guangdong”, “Taiwan”, “Journal of Suzhou University,” published in various publications "in late Qing Taiwan patriotic poet