Liang Qichao's Research On Local Autonomy

Liang Qichao was a famous politician,thinker,propagandist,initiator and outstanding scholar in modern China.His thought of local autonomy came into being after the Opium War,Under the background of the extinction of China.It has a specific character of that times and nationality.Therefore,first of all,we start with the background and personal experience of his local autonomy,and dig into the resources of Chinese traditional culture and Western thought that have been involved in the formation of local autonomy.Secondly,the evolution track and main content of his local autonomy thought will become the key point of our research.Liang Qi chao's thought of local autonomy has changed as much as his whole political thought,but there are also some laws to be found.We consider from the overall perspective will be divided into the local autonomy before the Wuxu coup began : “one or two province hinterland” the period of self-reliance;after the reform movement of Wu Xu deepening understanding of local autonomy;After the revolution of Xin Hai,there are two varying degrees of centralization and autonomy.So we know the evolution of his local autonomy from three periods.As far as the content of Liang Qichao's thought of local autonomy is concerned,which is quite rich.Mainly including the cognition of the connotation of local autonomy;the necessity of implementing local autonomy;through the comparison between Chinese and Western:family rule of autonomy and the autonomy of the city to understand local autonomy;and it is considered that centralization and local autonomy can be paralleled;autonomous units can be multi-level etc.In a word,we through systematic study of Liang Qichao's thought of local autonomy,we found that he spread widely and implemented local autonomy as a way to save the nation and had a great impact in modern China.On the one hand,it shows the criticism of feudal autocracy;On the other hand,reflecting the desire of the bourgeoisie's political participation.Let people who have been ruled by autocracy for a long time get enlightenment from his through.Under the system of long autocratic tradition and lack of such a democratic political system,local autonomy has weakened China's feudal autocratic politics to in a certain extent,and promoted the process of Chinese political modernization.It also providessome inspiration for the local political construction with Chinese characteristics of today.