Study On European Travel Notes Of Kang Youwei

Kang Youwei is a famous person in history. Because he led with vigor andvitality of the reform movement of1898.People know him by this movement.Traditionally people like to evaluate him by the reform movement of1898.Themajority of people confirm Kang Youwei before the reform movement of1898.But heis criticized about his doing in overseas. People think he is a royalist.In fact, his thought has deep change after he came to Europe. He wrote manytravel notes in Europe. He advanced a lot of new ideas of salvation in the travel. Forexample, he posed some economic methods to rescue China. He considered if acountry own strong economic base, it can get rid of foreign aggression and become apowerful country. In addition he thinks that some European countries are nothing. It isbetter in many aspects of China. These comments greatly enhanced nationalconfidence. Of course he is conservative in some places. Kang Youwei’s travel notesprovide a wealth of data for our study of European and Chinese. And them have greatsocial value and literature value.This thesis is divided into three parts:Firstly, this thesis introduces Kang Youwei’s life, thought, his writingbackground of European travels and something about his travels.Secondly, it elaborated Kang Youwei’s thought change in some aspects inEuropean travels.Thirdly, it analysis his travel value and social influence.