From Catholic To Reformist

Ma Jianzhong is not only a Catholic but also a famous reformism thinker in China's modern history. This text embody forming and development of this personage's thought through studying his life, and especially emphasized that his special origin have important influence on his thought and action of life experience. The article has done a more intact summary to Ma Jianzhong's reformism thought, divide his thought into three respects of economy, diplomatic, coast defense, and give the concrete analysis according to the era characteristic. In addition, through the study on its personage's relation , have represented this personage's activity overall picture. This article bring Ma Jianzhong's thought to the development course of a century in modern China, investigate the historical mission that the era give the people, and the answer on this problem of Ma Jianzhong, analyze his thought's origin cause of formation and characteristic of development, try to properly evaluate the historic position to his idea.