| China Democratic League was an important party in 1940s. Its political faith was liberalism. Why? One reason was that the history of China had amassed many thoughts about liberalism, the other was that the value of the liberalism had been very rare in China. In addition, the tyrannical government adopted empty freedom and democracy during that time, and China Democratic League had some liberal factors in itself. In a word, the historical and realistic causes brought up the liberalism of China Democratic League.As a result, China Democratic League carried on and convey its political views along the unself-disciplined and the self-disciplined way. As to the former, China Democratic League advocated constitutional alism, leniention and human rights; As to the latter, it also maintained legalization, approvement and responsibility. So China Democratic League made the political blueprint of China by liberal ideals, but it suggested that the path of liberalism wasn't a straight road and was full of difficulties, needing dedicate pain-taking care, pains and even life.However, as a historical and epochal product, China Democratic League had some aged individualities, that is to say, it had heavy democratic trendency, vivid national self-defenceand some radicalism shade. Fortunately, the indvidualities didn' t reduce and weaken the liberal essence, at the same time, they didn't effect prompting the history and the society neither.But how can we comment on the liberalism of China Democratic League? Though it didn't point out the way of China's development, what is more, it also had many negative factors, it did do much contribution to the progress and advance of China and it did leave much deep introspection behind its fading out. |