Radicalism And Conservatism:the Study On Liang Qichao " The Future Of New China"

" Radicalism and conservatism" in modern Chinese intellectual history is an important issue in the study of the history of modern Chinese thought. many thought characters who play a decisive role are almost all with radical or conservative tendency, Liang Qichao (1873-1929) is a typical representative, he is a great thinkers politicians with deep influence. Especially after the coup of1898in early twentieth Century, which is the maximum influence period during the life of Liang Qichao’s thought, Liang published a series of reacted strongly to the speech and article through the " QingYi Newspaper "," the newspaper Xinmin repository"," new novel" and other newspapers and magazines, committed to the ideological enlightenment and propaganda of salvation, of which, writing novels is a new way to spread thought, of Liang Qichao in the early twentieth Century." The future of new China" is a political novel written by Liang Qichao on1902, Liang establishes literary figures, and through the protagonists Lee Qubing and Huang Keqiang’s mouth to express himself, in-depth study of the works, we can see that Liang Qichao’s rolling thoughts and inner struggling during the early twentieth Century. That can be said," The future of new China" is the strong confirmation of fluctuation in Liang’s thought at the beginning of twentieth Century, which is the strong rush about the radical and conservative. Liang pointed out clearly in the novel’s introduction:" this series of work, designed to publish some political views ". Even in the studying of literature also had to admit that, although it is a novel, but its historical value is higher than its artistic value. So this article choose it as the subject, combine " the future of new China" and the study of Liang Qichao’s thought from the ideological angle.This article is mainly divided into four parts. The first part introduces the background and thought origin of "the future of new China", including Liang Qichao’s experiences and thoughts, contacting to western political theory and the new theory of the novel. The second part sumes up ideological content of the future of new China", analyzing the radical and conservative thought fighting in Liang Qichao’s heart which are embodied by the novel. The third part analyzes the reasons from the inner and outter angle. The fourth part is the assessment and investigation of the social impact about " the future of new China" and Liang Qichao’s thought at the beginning of twentieth Century. During this period, his thinking has influenced almost an entire generation of people, especially young intellectuals of the early twentieth Century. Studying" the future of new China" and Liang Qichao’s thought in the early twentieth Century is helpful to a more comprehensive and thorough understanding of the history of modern Chinese thought. It is no doubt that this has a certain historical value during the study of Chinese academic history, Chinese culture history and Chinese social history...