An Analysis Of Liang Qichao 's View Of Chinese And Western Cultures

"Modern China’extremes meet’, the conflict between Chinese and Western culture is the highlight of this era." In a certain sense, a Chinese modern cultural history is a conflict between the traditional culture and the western culture history, is the traditional culture in the modern western culture impact and the influence to modern cultural transition history, also Is the tradition and westernization of repelling each phase in history Comparison of Chinese and Western culture has been the concern of the intellectuals, around the social change, the destiny of the Chinese nation and Chinese squabbling, still continuing. Liang Qichao as a modern social enlightenment, conform to the trend of the times of bearing the cultural changes of the times mission, to seek the outlet from the comparison between Chinese and Western countries in cultural view.As with most modern China intellectuals, Liang Qichao has received a China traditional education, profound traditional culture has important influence onhim. Liang Qichao lives in the rapid social upheaval; the foreign invaders except gunboats also brought western culture, traditional culture began to face difficulties. Therefore, on the one hand he thought it necessary to learn the advanced western culture to save the nation from subjugation, on the other hand, must defend China traditional culture thought. This contradiction with the formation of his views on Chinese and Western culture. In Liang Qichao’spolitical career, western culture has occupied a very important position. Early Liang Qichao was influenced by Kang Youwei, formed mainly in the eastern and Western culture. Wu Xu after the failure of the reform, Liang Qichao exile in Japan, living in Japan during the reading a lot of Western books, for the western thought, the political system is concerned, in order to find a way ofsalvation from. This period Liang Qichao, western culture as a transformation China weapons, in contrast to the western culture, not consciously to western culture with a look at the attitude. Liang Qichao retired from politics after theend of1918, went to Europe for more than a year, the post-war Europe destroyed, see evidence of people’s distress everywhere. Liang Qichao saw real western world for Chinese and Western culture, have a more sober understanding of. He is on the western culture from blindly advocating, sure to criticism, reflection, began to re-examine the value of traditional culture China, restored for China cultural self-confidence. He thinks a national; the most important thing is to their own culture to play the China ever bright. Chinese and Western culture each one has his good points. Should be mutual fusion, learn from each other. As Fei Xiaotong said:"the United States and the United States, lady of the United States, the United States and the United States, the world of great harmony." Living in a certain culture requires "know one’s limitations" of their culture, understand its origin, formation process, the characteristic and its trend of development, not to "Involution", nor" Westernization", strengthen the culture choice ability, so as to adapt to the new cultural environment.This thesis includes three parts.The first part is briefly introduced the research background and research significance, research status and research programs, and the advanced thought of the time is defined and the concept of Chinese and Western cultures and other related concepts are necessary to analyze, in order to improve the scientific and accuracy of the demonstration.The second part in order to make the reader more clearly see the changes of the cultural view of Hang qichao’s late, in the second chapter, the author thought of Hang qichao’s early culture are briefly analyzed., understanding of the early cultural outlook focused on the western academic thought desire,--suspected by believed by the traditional culture attitude towards changes Chinese. Treat cultural idea changed Liang Qichaoreturn from Europe: begin to question the superiority of western culture is the so-called and re-examine the intrinsic value China traditional culture. From the social status of a postwar Europe and Paris and China diplomacy will be the failure of international factors, and the criticism of Confucian thoughts and feelings of patriotism in the May4th Movement domestic factors, in-depth analysis of the causes of Liang Qichao’s Chinese and Western cultural concept change. Finally Liang Qichao found life "capricious" is always around to change the status quo China society, the great goal of rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.The third part: conclusion. Contemporary Chinese is in a difficult process of social transformation and cultural transformation. With the complicated cultural exchanges, with the dual development of globalization and cultural differences, cultural consciousness requires arouse the consciousness of the whole nation, the cultural consciousness rise to the rational level, become the value orientation and the whole nation identity. The late Liang Qichao’s view on Chinese and Western culture thought provides us with a handle the relation of different culture paradigm. We must first understand the intrinsic value and the intrinsic characteristics of Chinese traditional culture, establish own position; secondly, should have a deeper understanding of the other culture, absorb excellent foreign culture composition, the choice of complement each other, common build culture coexist peacefully cultural codes.