A Discussion On Hu Lin-i's Reforming Society Thoughts And Its Practice

Hu lin-i was a famous landlord class reformer in the modern times, a representative of reforming class, and also a chief culprit of putting down the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. Hu Lin-i had practiced the local force, renovated the local administration, enlarged the army and reformed the political system of Hupei. Hu's Reforming Society Thoughts led to his practicing and characterized by his times. He wanted to maintain the feudal order and adapted to the development of the society. Hu lin-i's Thoughts and the practices were of great importance during the period of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom and the later period. We can learn more from the Hu's Thoughts and develop our research about the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. At the same time, we can put the experience of Hu's Thoughts into our construction of the society and improve the development of our society. Nowadays, the complete research in the field is still very limited. This article presents the source, practice and characteristics of Hu lin-i's reforming thoughts so as to draw a objective conclusion on Hu lin-i.