| The last decade of Qing Dynasty is the most significant period during Chinese education modernization. After 1900, the Qing Government put the New Policy into practice forced by the situation. The education reform in the New Policy, which eventually led to the disintegration of the traditional Chinese education system, made modern education to be established. In that circumstance, as minister of state, His-Liang played an irreplaceable role in advancing education to a new stage.With the New Policy as an opportunity, His-Liang carries out education reform in local government. He opens schools and trains all kinds of new talents. He promotes studying abroad to study foreign scientific and technological knowledge and the foreign educational system. He trains a new army with a large number of military talents. He spared no effort in implementing and developing new education in Sichuan and the Northeast, and made the education rank first all over Qing Dynasty.His-Liang's education reform in the New Policy of late Qing Dynasty, not only promotes the development of local cultural, economic and political, but also lays the foundation for the development of modern technology. His practice of education reform focuses on opening people's wisdom, as well as actively promotes social changes. Although the implementation measures has some defects and deficiencies that made the education reform have more or less residual traces of the feudal education, they can not cover up his significant role in waking up people and developing the economy. |