The Research Of Zuo Binglong’ Promoting Chinese Culture In Singapore

Zuo Binglong is the first consul general appointed directly by the late Qing government in Singapore,as the representative office of the Qing Dynasty in Nanyang,he undertook the mission of the government and carried out a painstaking effort to promote the Chinese culture relying on a cavity patriotic enthusiasm during his tenure.For Zuo Binlong, the task of promoting Chinese culture is arduous, in the whole process of culture promotion, Zuo Binlong was indeed alone. In the face of difficulties,Zuo Binglong used skillful diplomacy to overcome obstacles, attended personally and made a special contribution to the spread of Chinese culture in overseas.It’s regrettable that the consular officer making special contribution to advocate Chinese culture in overseas, does not seem to be known to the public,and there are few academic research results.In view of this, the history of his spreading Chinese culture needs to be cleared, and his gains and losses as well as confusion also need to be summed up to inspire the later people.Therefore,based on the previous research results and relevant historical documents,this paper makes a systematic and comprehensive study on the activities of Zuo Binglong’promoting Chinese culture in Singapore.The article will make a detailed analysis on six aspects including the cultural background the reasons、the historial backgrounds、the strategies、 the influences and the individual confusion as well as the success of Zuo Binglong’promoting Chinese culture in Singapore.The cultural background of Singapore was multiple When Zuo Binglong promoted the Chinese culture in Singapore.The culture in Singapore had experienced a period when different cultures collided and merged,in this process,the Chinese culture also underwent conflict and integration with alien cultures.The causes of Zuo Binglong’promoting Chinese culture in Singapore are varied.The first one is the need of the development of culture itself,with the multicultural cultures developing,the decline of Chinese culture needs to revive the Chinese culture.The second reason is the political consideration of the Qing government, to seek economic aid,the Qing government adopted the policy of promoting Chinese culture as an important way to draw Chinese overseas.The third one is consciousness of Zuo Binglong’s cultural promotion,the promotion of Chinese culture was carried out in the premise of the consciousness of Zuo Binglong.The historial backgrounds of Zuo Binglong’promoting Chinese culture in Singapore are different.For the reason that Zuo binglong being the Singapore consul two times,the article will research on these two periods. In his first term, because of the Westernization Movement, China’s national strength recovered slightly, which had provided favorable condition for Zuo Binglong’cultural promotion, however, the British colonial government had also made a competition to the jurisdiction of the overseas Chinese and bought off the overseas Chines,which had became the biggest obstacle for Zuo Binglong promoting’cultural promotion in his first term.In the second term,because the Chinese domestic political situation had a sudden turn for the worse, to promote Chinese culture seemed more difficult to implement for Zuo binglong.The strategies of Zuo Binglong’promoting Chinese culture in Singapore are various.the promotion of Chinese culture by Zuo binglong was not random, on the contrary,he took some effective strategies, including the active pursuit of different levels of "cultural audience"-. making the "tool" and "means" of promoting culture diversified and doing a good job of demonstration to promote the Chinese culture.The influence of Zuo binglong’cultural promotion in Singapore is far-reaching.The promotion of Chinese culture by Zuo Binglong not only achieved the regression of Chinese culture to some extent, but also had a profound impact on the Chinese community and even the history of Singapore.Zuo Binlong’s individual depression and success of promoting Chinese culture in Singapore.the activities of promoting Chinese culture led by Zuo Binglong succeed in many unfavorable factors, which became a miracle in the history of China’s diplomacy. However, these achievements were not enough for Zuo Binglong himself, the patriotic heart not being truly implemented became a great depression in his heart.