Research On Liang Qi-chao's Idea Of Historical Evolution

The philosophy of history lies in replying question of the age, and showing spirit of the time. The modern Chinese have experienced huge society transformation of the unprecedented national disaster, the question of "China went to where" has become the crucial question of age. The question in the thought and culture domain is " the struggle of the ancient and modern China, "and " the struggle of China and the West", Therefore the conception of historical question appears in the Chinese modern extremely prominently, and has the unique appearance and the meteorology. Modern China mainly has three conception of history: Changing history viewpoint, viewpoint of historical evolution and historical materialism. Liang Qi-chao creatively proposed viewpoint of historical evolution, unifying with the western natural sciences theory of evolution and the social history domain in the same place. It had substituted for the changing history viewpoint, although it very quickly is replaced by the historical materialism, but it has made a sound for the Chinese to accept the historical materialism, played the role which linked the preceding with the following.The article conduct the research for the spot, attempts to discuss Liang Qi-chao's historical theory of evolution, the subject of historical evolution and the power of idea more thorough, more comprehensive combing with the research. Liang Qi-chao hoped to sneaks of the significance at the history theory of evolution, and provides some valuable references for today socialist construction. Liang Qi-chao thought that history is evolving constantly, the idea of historical evolution has experienced a forming process from the viewpoint of changing history to theory of evolution of history. The form of historical evolution is various, the direction and the tendency is limitless and spiral-shaped rather than straight. On the subject of historical evolution, Liang Qi-chao thought it "the collective " or "the community". The history is evolving constantly because its interior has many motivations;compete, the hero, "the reform" and "the mental power" and so on.Liang Qi-chao believed firmly history was created for the human oneself, and affirmed hero's function. Although he exaggerated the heroic and person's spiritual power in the historical develop -ment and had mentalist, and this is essentially one kind of the historical idealism. But he actually expressed self-confidence of the humanity and the human own power by own special way, and confirmed that the human was the only true controller of historical evolution, and objected the traditional destiny viewpoint of history. Liang Qi-chao thought that the development of history is forward. This idea has broken the old idea which the ancient are respected by people and also has completed transformation from the viewpoint of changing history to the advanced evolution of history which emphasized the theory of" the survival of fittest "which "the advancing passes and survives, but the stopping does get sick and perishes".This idea encouraged Chinese at that time to save their nation and protect their generation and reform to be stronger.