归根和天津式幽默：梁云若在《北洋画报》的编辑实践

This article examines how Liu Yunruo’s editorial practice at Beiyang Pictorial (Beihua) contributed to the articulation of guigen (归哏), a locally grounded form of Tianjin-style humor. Drawing on periodical materials, Liu’s fiction and essays, and contextual readings of modern humor discourse, it traces the interaction of crosstalk conventions, urban print culture, and translated comic writing. The 1929 April Fools’ Day feature demonstrates how staged images, delayed disclosure, and reader expectations generated humor through the specific affordances of pictorial journalism. Rather than ranking