A Study On He Yongji's Thoughts

From 1930 s to 1950 s,with Japanese Imperialism invading China,the Chinese nation was faced with an unprecedented threat concerning with living and existence.At that moment,the national contradiction gradually became the major issue in the society.The change of social contradiction and the cruelty of wars had a great and fierce impact on the political ideas.As a result,youngsters as well as scholars,who concerned with our national fate under the condition that China was at the edge of deterioration,were out to come up with ways to ignite national vitality in order to get the victory of the Anti-Japanese War.He Yongji stood out of the vast public.His practical ideas,instead of being an invalid injection,pointed out the crux of numerous social problems and ways to get China out of the quagmire,which was regarded as an epoch.This paper is outlined by the following three parts:Part one illustrates He's ideas of High Politics from the aspects of the establishment of Longitude State View,the Development of Exocentric Politics,the advocacy of National Power Politics,the opposition of civil wars,and the establishment of international relationships.Part two provides an exhaustive explanation to He ' s ideas of Constitution and Democracy.This part is organized from the perspectives of the important construction of civil rights,the advocacy of party politics,the suggestion of building a responsible government,and the nationalization of the army.Part three extrapolates He's ideas on the society,including the National Transformation,the reflections on higher education as well as the understanding of women's social positions.It was the complexity and complication of the national and international conditions that gave rise to He's provoking ideas,which appeared with some active and even fierce characteristics since He frequently criticized the dark society.He tried his best to get China out of trouble and rejuvenate this declining nation by finding out ways from multiple levels and dimensions,which,to some extent,promoted the spread of the idea of Constitution and Democracy throughout China.