A Comparison Of Liang Shu Ming's And Yan Yang Chu's Country Building Theories And Practie

Liang Shu Ming and Yan Yang Chu were two outstanding representatives of the country building theory in the Republican Period. Bankrupt happened in the country,and the nation were in crisis,as intellectuals they knew very well that China were in deep crisis,and stepped out of the study,throwing themselves into the action of building the countryside,put their ideal thoughts into practice.With a group of warm -blooded scholars and young students gathering around them,they explored for many years,seeking the way out for China.Liang Shu Ming was a leading exponent of new Confucians,Yan Yang Chu was a scholar who studied in the USA and had the thoughts of people-basis theory.They were different from each other on the choice of Chinese culture way out,Liang Shu Ming thought that Chinese problem was a culture problem,a problem of extremely loss of the culture balance. He started the reform with culture and then came to bring out the reforms of politics and economy in the progress.Yan Yangchu thought that the mission of the countryside building was the reconstraction of the nation, only by changing "the foolishness,poverty,weakness,selfishness "--the four serious problems,could we get the modern citizens who had the force of knowledge,production,strength and union.By Contrast method,the author is trying to reveal and analysize not only the losses and gains of the two thoughtists but also their advantages and disadvantages,superior and inferior in education,economy,medicine and society.They carried out mass education,reformed society customs, carried out the country autonomous rule,develop the cooperation in the rural area,and had got certain achievement,they drew government and people' sattention.It also has provided the ripen experience for the constraction of new countryside today.Yan Yang Chu and Liang Shu Ming tried to launch a land reform without destroying the feudal land system,but they both had shortcomings in politics in the background of rebellion against feudalism and imperialism,and their theory lacked the long life and doom to fail.