Sung Chiao-jen Political Thought And Political Modernization In Early Republic China

The Chinese society in the last year of Qing Danasty was confronted with the difficult choice of revolution or reform. National salvation and Enlightenment is the main theme. The Revolution of1911was the first great historic change in the modern China. The contribution of the Revolution of1911is evident that it overthew the feudal government of the Qing Dynasty, it made the first attempt to explore political modernization of China, then it impulsed the development of political modernization of China. The Revolution builds Chinese Republic. It takes on the feature of Political modernization, New system civilization of Congress, constitution and so on appears in the China political arena. The representative figure is Sung Chiao-jen, and his political thought is forward looking, it means a confident between traditional and modern. It builds on the reflection about traditional system and modern system. However, the power of the government is usurped by Yuan Shi-kai. Sung Chiao-jen’s political thought always contribute to the process of turning Chinese traditional politics into modern politics.