In Terms Of Modernization On Yan Fu's Educational Idea And Educational Practice

Yan Fu was modern China's in enlightening thinker and predominant educator. He was taught with strictly traditional education as well as affected by the Western education. From 1879 to 1912, Yan Fu had a career in Fu Zhou Ship Politics College, Northern Navy College, Fu Dan Public College, An Hui Supreme College, and Peking University, and so on.Yan Fu lived in the time, which china had taken place greatly. And it was very severe and profound. At that time, the Western power nations invaded China depending on their modern advanced technology, keen warships and weapons, especially the war in 1894 between China and Japan. This war not only claimed the modern movement fell through, but also rendered that China confronted with the serious nation crisis and social crisis. The vital reality urged the Chinese high-educated intellectuals to find the ways of modernization to save China from danger and to make it powerful, and take Yan Fu for example.During the thirty years of educational practice, Yan Fu tried his best to do everything, such as compiling lots of renowned works, translating a large number of Western famous books. He wanted to save China with high-quality education, as a result, he gradually formed a kind of educational system, with is relatively comprehensive and systematic. He had a concept of saving our country with education. He held that we should learn from the West, and adopt the advanced educational idea and educational system to revise the Chinese traditional education. He also wanted to reform the educational concept what we call Chinese system but Western application and Chinese system is first and the West is subordinate. He suggested that modern China should eliminate the imperial examinations by promoting intellectuals with eight-part essays (stereotyped writing). Yan Fu advocated that our country should encourage people's strength, open people's wits, renew people's virtue; also, the education of girls and children should be attached much importance on. Therefore, our country could establish a new kind of educational system from elementary schools to universities, and completely eliminate Chinese traditional culture and educational style, as they were...