| In the history of the development of modern academic research,his dissertation about philosophy is rigorous,his research on political thought is profound and his analysis of history is penetrating.as a philosopher political thinker,historian and poet,Kung-Chuan Hsiao should not be taken off the group.As a thinker in modern Chinese history,Kung-Chuan Hsiao is faced with the historical tasks that generally faces.One of tasks is the modernization of Chinese politics.The three stages of his academic research career is not only in a clear thinking but also developing in a connection.In the early study of Western political thought-political pluralism,he understands and thinks the debate between the political monism and political pluralism,Kung-Chuan Hsiao obviously hopes to search for a balance between that the monism and the pluralism.And the result is "Constitutionalism" and "Democracy",which has become the theoretical basis of his academic research;After he returned to China,his academic research tend to the study of Chinese political ideology but not the Western political philosophy.On one hand,many of his criticisms about the Chinese real politics reflect the esteem to the"Constitutionalism",on the other hand he demonstrates that the modern country is the historical development trend from the Chinese political ideology and Chinese traditional culture system;Kung-Chuan Hsiao moved to the United States after 1949,but he is still concerned about the fate of China.He carried out direct observation and reflection on China’s modern history,He thinks about Chinese modern history again.He observed the background of Chinese modern grassroots through the "Rural China:Imperial Control in the Nineteenth Century",He knew the upper thought that led the Chinese revolution from the "A Modern China and a New World:K’ang Yu-wei,Reformer and Utopian".It can be said that Kung-Chuan Hsiao always cared about the fate of Chinese and Chinese culture in his academic research. |