Research On Rong Hong’s Viewpoints Of Modernization

Yung Wing was the first Chinese student to study in the United States in modern Chinese history.During his entire life,he participated in the social transformation of the late Qing Dynasty and devoted his life to the country’s "civilized prosperity".He was the facilitator of the first batch of young children studying abroad in modern Chinese society,a machine buyer of Jiangnan Manufacturing General Administration,the largest military factory in the late Qing Dynasty,a participant of the Reform Movement of 1898,and a supporter of the 1911 Revolution.His patriotic spirit runs through his life,and his quality of advancing with the times prompts his constant innovation.Although his thoughts are far away,the historical value is worth studying.The emergence of Yung Wing’s modern thought is the product of the deep integration of national destiny and personal emotions.In 1840,Western powers opened China’s door.The decadent and backward Qing government could hardly lead China to catch up with the world’s tide,and the national crisis was unprecedentedly deepened.Yung Wing,who has been exposed to Western civilization since childhood and has lived in the United States for a long time,deeply feels the superiority of capitalist countries.Faced with the national crisis,Yung Wing felt so eager to make innovations in China in the political,economic,and educational fields to promote China’s modernization process.Yung Wing’s modernization thought involves multiple dimensions and aspects,and is rich in content and specific.In the field of political modernization,Yung Wing advocated changes in Chinese society and promoted the establishment of a democratic system;Oppose the powers’ aggression against China,and use their own actions to safeguard the national political rights and resist the powers’ colonization;Through the establishment of modern newspapers and periodicals,the national consciousness of the people has been stimulated,and it has been constantly striving to build China into a "national" and "democratic" country.Economically,Yung Wing advocates the development of national industry and purchases machines for the establishment of a mother machine factory in China.In order to share profits with foreign businessmen and develop the national economy of his country,Yung Wing planned to establish a steamship company and a modern railway,and attempted to establish a national bank in China to promote the modernization of financial finance.In education,Yung Wing contributed to the formation of the first batch of official overseas students in modern Chinese society.In the education of young children,Yung Wing advocated the comprehensive development of moral,intellectual,physical,and aesthetic beauty,cultivated comprehensive talents,and advocated equality of men and women in education.Yung Wing advocated the establishment of vocational schools to train professional technical talents.Yung Wing’s modernization thought has both "multi-dimensional","leading" and "debugging" characteristics,with "systemic" as its characteristics and "advancing with the times" as its essence.His modernization ideas have promoted a group of buildersof modern society,cultivated a generation of excellent successors of modernization,promoted cultural exchanges between China and foreign countries,and promoted the process of democratization in China.However,because of his long-term living abroad,there is a tendency of "Western centralism" in his thoughts,and he has failed to clearly understand the essence of imperialism,and is even full of fantasy and dependence on it.