Concepts And Tragedy

Since the 19th century,the western different character civilization has really presented itself before the Chinese people eyes,its "exotic technology and exquisite" has made the Chinese people stare tongue-tied. The fact is,China has changed into the periphery' of the world from the center East Asia. However,when the Chinese civilization has fallen into the pattern of "center and periphery" of the world,the seal and conservative idea of the tradition culture made china can't produce a rapid positive reaction,on the contrary,stick actively to the central place of the culture,value in the world. Following the middle of the !9th century,under the stress of the circumstances of domestic trouble and foreign invasion,to save the nation from subjugation,the government of Late Qing Dynasty began to learn from the West.But the Western Affairs Movement marked China learning from the West has not been able to become the beginning of modernization of China,though it has made a certain degree Headway,because the Chinese traditional mentality of the culture have not been able to change sooner from seal and opposition to everything foreign to comprehensive open. China in Late Qing diverted returned students. This meant China agreed publicly that the western modern civilization is advanced,also meant China has been reduced to "the peripheral society from the central society",however,the sense of superiority of the centra! idea of the native land culture wasn't still abandoned. "China's First Hundred" was recalled midway,the result showed deep-rooted of china's self-center Idea.Through studying the course of life of "China's first Hundred",the doctoral dissertation tries to show the destiny of "China's first Hundred",has profound the trails of the times. Their destiny is one of the modernization of early stage of china. And decides the both the fate is exactly what central Idea of the culture that passed on several thousand years from generation to generation. This not only need to study the origins of the traditional central Idea of the culture,but also need to study the course of the development of the modern society of china,still need to analyze the personality of the returned students of China early stage.Further need to prove the relation among them,Them Idea of the past males the tragedy of the past. Take warning the by history,the tragedy will not be practical. This is the practical significance the doctoral dissertation imagine to achieve.