Research On Hsu,Fo-su’s Thought And Activities Of Law And Politics

With the introduction of western legal and political systems into modern China,many intellectuals had their understanding and elaboration of law and politics,which in turn influenced politics.Hsu,Fo-su,as a patriotic intellectual,also formed his own thoughts on law and politics,which gradually developed and evolved in political activities.His ideas and corresponding activities reflected,to a large extent,the complexity and variability of modern Chinese thoughts on law and politics,as well as the diversity and twists of legal and political practices.This paper investigates the origin of Hsu,Fo-su’s thoughts of law and politics and the development and change of his thoughts in various activities.The first chapter is mainly about Hsu,Fo-su’s attempt to implement law and politics by revolutionary means under the influence of the Movement of 1898.After realizing the bloodshed of the revolution and being influenced by the trend of constitutional thought in Japan,Hsu Fusu turned to advocating constitutional monarchy.The second chapter mainly focuses on Hsu,Fo-su’s participation in the mediation of the disputes between Xinmin Cong Daily and Min Daily after the establishment of his constitutional monarchy thought,his assistance in Liang Qichao’s writing of the Request to Settle the Country as a Surrender,his participation in the establishment of the political information Society,his participation in the petition movement of the National Assembly,and his participation in the Association of Constitutional Friends.His legal and political thoughts include the basic concepts of democratic election,freedom of speech and so on,showing the characteristics of emphasizing practice and publicity to the public.The third chapter is about Hsu,Fo-su’s efforts in opposing Yuan Shikai’s claim to be emperor,reconciling the battle between the government and the court,and reconciling the Civil War in order to maintain the republican system.The fourth chapter mainly introduces Xu Fosu’s thought of autonomy in southwest China,that is,autonomy for peace;As well as Hsu,Fo-su’s elaboration of his own thoughts on law and government in the movement of United Province autonomy,such as autonomy and unification are not contradictory,united province and autonomy have no distinction.Through sorting out and introducing Hsu,Fo-su’s thoughts and activities of law and politics,it is found that Xu’s thoughts of law and politics have different emphases for different events in different periods,but it is consistent to solve contradictions according to legal principles.Xu’s thoughts on law and government were as reconcilable as those reformers who also advocated law and government,but they were also different.Therefore,Xu and other advocates of law and government disagreed on some political events.By placing Hsu,Fo-su’s thoughts and activities of law and politics in the context of The Times,it shows that those who advocate law and politics are not a unified force,which may be one of the reasons why it is difficult to realize law and politics in modern China.