Research On Tang Caichang's Thoughts Of Social Reform

Tang Caichang was a thinker and social activist during the late Qing Dynasty Reform Movement.After the defeat in the Sino-Japanese War of 1894,Tang Caichang's social reform ideology was formed,under the stimulation of the national crisis,inspired by traditional patriotism,infected by the ideas of advanced people,his mind had gradually formed.Tang Caichang's thoughts on social reform covered all aspects of politics,economy,education,and social life.Tang Caichang actively advocated political reforms,in the course of practical activities,gradually recognized the idea of national power,deep understanding of civil rights thinking,and under the encouragement of patriotism,put forward his own strong military thinking;Economically,Tang Caichang pointed out the drawbacks of the Qing government's economic policy,proposed currency reform and actively promote capitalist industry and commerce,promoted the development of China's industry and commerce;In education,Tang Caichang proposed the abolition of Stereotyped Writing,establishing Western Studies and education reform,organizing the establishment of a mathematics school,proposed guidelines and measures for cultivating talents,Emphasized the dispatch of sending international students,taken an active part in training reform talents to inspire the people;After the Wuxu coup,Tang Caichang stimulated the failure of the reform and the sacrifice of friends,under these circumstances,his thoughts gradually tended to reverse.Feudal scholar-reformist intellectual-democratic revolutionary patriot,Tang Caichang experienced the transformation of these three identities,in the process of changing its identity,his thoughts were constantly changing.In the process of the change of Tang Caichang's thoughts,inevitably bound by traditional ideas,and then made his ideas more complicated,to form a mixture of contradictions,made his ideas radical contains old-fashioned ingredients.The complexity of Tang Caichang's thoughts was not only the contradiction of his personal thoughts,it was also a phenomenon that was common in the transformation of intellectuals during that period.Tang Caichang's thoughts of social reform promoted the development of reform movement,promoted the transformation of advanced intellectuals' thoughts.Tang caichang's thoughts of social reform enriched the connotation of China's modern revolutionary thinking and should occupy a unique position in the history of modern Chinese thoughts.