Exploration Of Lu Xun's Democratic Conception During His Study In Japan

This article mainly studies the ideological trend history of Lu Xun's democratic conception during his study in Japan.Lu Xun's democratic conception during his study in Japan is an important part of his early thought of “signing a person”,which mainly embedded in his key brick paper On Cultural Bias.Lu Xun's democratic conception during his study in Japan was influenced by many kinds of thinking resources: on the one hand,Lu Xun's thinking about democracy is not divorced from the discussion about democracy in China at the beginning of the twentieth century,and has similarity in some respects with Zhang Taiyan,Sun Yat-sen or Yan Fu's thought;on the other hand,Lu Xun's democratic conception during his study in Japan has a direct association with various zeitgeist in the history of western modern thought,such as western liberalism trend or western new romantic thoughts at the end of the nineteenth century.On the basis of absorbing and using a variety of thinking resources,Lu Xun formed his own conception of democracy during his study in Japan.So this article selects Lu Xun's democratic conception during his study in Japan as research object,On Cultural Bias-centered,digs the origin of Lu Xun's democratic conception during his study in Japan,to demonstrate the peculiarity of Lu Xun's democratic conception during his study in Japan.The research of Lu Xun's democratic conception during his study in Japan is concentrated in thinking research field.In the 1930 s,some researchers have talked about Lu Xun's democratic conception during his study in Japan,but the monographic study of this thesis didn't appear until the 1990 s.The development of this thesis generally divided into three stages: the initial stage,developing stage and deepening stage.Overview the previous research achievements,the study which from the perspective of history of ideas to explore Lu Xun's democratic conception during his study in Japan has not yet appeared.So for this thesis,the paper will be study in the history of ideas,in order to supplement and enrich the research of Lu Xun's democratic conception during his study in Japan.This article composed of four part: introduction,text,conclusion and appendix.Introduction includes three aspects: First,to elaborate on the research approach;Second,summarize the previous research achievements;Third,to elucidate the research perspective and method.The text includes four chapters.The first chapter intends to elaborate the historical context of Lu Xun's democratic conception during his study in Japan.Based on historical context,the after three chapters mainly analyze the On Cultural Bias,to explore the thinking resources which were absorbed by Lu Xun's democratic conception,and to demonstrate the peculiarity of Lu Xun's democratic conception during his study in Japan.The paper contents as follows:Chapter One: The Historical Context of Lu Xun's Democratic Conception During His Study in Japan.This chapter intends to elaborate the historical context of Lu Xun's democratic conception during his study in Japan from two aspects: one is that the context of the world,and the second is the context in China.On this account,the author demonstrated that Lu Xun's conception of democracy during his study in Japan was influenced by many kinds of thinking resources: on the one hand,Lu Xun's thinking about democracy is not divorced from the discussion about democracy in China at the beginning of the twentieth century,on the other hand,Lu Xun's democratic conception during his study in Japan has a direct association with various zeitgeist in the history of western modern thought.On the basis of absorbing and using a variety of thinking resources,Lu Xun formed his own conception of democracy during his study in Japan.Chapter Two: Criticism of the Constitutional and Congressional Theorists: Showing the Similarities or Differences Between Lu Xun's Democratic Conception During His Study in Japan and the Western Progressive Democratic Ideas.First and foremost,analyze the meaning of western progressive democratic ideas by elaborating the division of the western democratic tradition.The second part focuses on discussing the similarities and differences between Lu Xun's democratic conception during his study in Japan and the western progressive democratic ideas.The third segment briefly analyses what the criticism of the parliamentary system in China at the beginning of twentieth century influenced Lu Xun's conception of democracy during his study in Japan,and what is the difference between them.Chapter Three: Thinking of Majority Tyranny: Lu Xun's Thinking of Majority Tyranny has Some Kind of Conjunction Contrast with Benjamin Constant and Alexis de Tocqueville Who as the French Liberalist.This chapter mainly takes Benjamin Constant and Alexis de Tocqueville for example,in order to analyze the conjunction between Lu Xun's thinking of majority tyranny and the French liberalist.Chapter Four: Pay Attention to a Person: Lu Xun's thinking of How to Solve the Problem of Majority Tyranny.First and foremost,this chapter elaborates Lu Xun's statement of pay attention to a person.And then,intends to analyze the similarity between Lu Xun and Nietzsche from two aspects: Nietzsche's political thought and his superman thought.Conclusion mainly summarizes the full text,and briefly illustrates some points that pending further discussion.Appendix elaborates the previous research achievements of Lu Xun's democratic conception during his study in Japan since the 1930 s to the present.