The Ideas Of Huang Zunxian Enlightenment Monarchy And Action

As a positive pusher of Reform Movement of 1898, although Huang Zunxian's influence was inferior to Kang Youwei and Liang Qichao, his initial thought and practice were dramatically actually. The academic thinkers as Gu Yanwu, Huang Zongxi and Wang Chuanshan at end of the Ming dynasty and at the beginning of Qing dynasty influenced his thought deeply, but the foreign special experience of going abroad on a diplomatic mission for many years,, also made him to understand West's theory of evolution and the thought of civil rights early, thus had laid its initiation thought foundation.Huang Zunxian opposed the sinology, the song studies, attacked the system of eight-part essay selects scholars for public office, hoped the general gentlemen get rid of the the fetter of feudalistic thinking, ponder the question independently and express thought freely. He advocated the language and writing reform, generalized the masses culture, opened the people mind practically . He organized"the southern school meeting"and"the meeting of not binding the feet", were for the purpose of awakening the gentry and populace's nationality and democracy consciousness. On the foundation of understanding thoroughly Japanese and the West, he proposed a blue print of establishing the constitutional monarchy system in politics, managing the country by the legal, increasing one's property to promot the economy and improve China.Especially commendable was , Huang Zunxian had fulfilled his initiation thought diligently. During the Reform Movement of 1898 period, he organized the newspaper to make the masses well-infoemed and benefit the human mental; established the current affairs school to cultivate the reform talented person; initiated the security bureau to realize the tentative plan of opening gentry wisdom and"local self-government"; managed the class government official hall to open the government system and improve the official quality.Huang Zunxian's enlighten monarchy and practice were the valuable exploration of saving the nation and rescuing the people. It had the bright time characteristic, although existed limitations of paying attention to the fundamental realities of the country and the lower level classes insufficiently, but overall, he had achieved the time requested altitude.