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The Research Of Chinese Intelligentsia’s Thought On People’s Livelihood In The 1920s And 1930s

Posted on:2022-07-14Degree:DoctorType:Dissertation
Country:ChinaCandidate:X Y ZhangFull Text:PDF
GTID:1525306731469994Subject:Chinese history
Abstract/Summary:
People’s livelihood mainly refers to the people’s basic livelihood and survival condition.It specifically includes food and clothing live line,employment,education,hygiene and health,social insurance.The narrow and definite meaning is closely related to the big problem of country level.It is of great significance to national development and social stability.Therefore,it has been concerned by the academic circles for a long time.The Chinese intellectual people in the 1920 s and 1930 s is that the research object of this paper.The research target is to study the concerns of this group on Chinese people’s livelihood,the focus is on their observations and reflections on livelihood.The logic of the development of this idea is that improving people’s livelihood to social development and ultimately achieving national prosperity.The main contents are as follows:Firstly,the Chinese country presents a picture of decay during the 1920 s and 1930 s.Chinese intellectual people reveal the rural people’s difficult livelihood and actively explore relief methods.They put forward many suggestions like rural construction,rural cooperative,reform the land system,establish Rural financial system.Some ideas have become reality.It reflects the sense of Chinese intellectual people’s salvation.Second,The Intellectual circles think that the livelihood question of the works is people’s livelihood issues.Chinese intellectual people focus on the urban labor’s living conditions.These problems mainly include of the employment problem,income,working time,Women workers and child Labor,living consumption,living condition and so on.By thinking about these issues to improve the living conditions of workers.The logic is to achieve national prosperity.Thirdly,people’s hygienic problem and health problem is also concerned by Chinese intellectual people who have medical education background.The Chinese intellectual people take notice of some questions such as people’s backward concept of health,the public health facilities and health system construction is faultiness,the health administration system is inefficient,lack of funding.The above situation creates many serious problems: prevalence of disease,high mortality rate,people lack knowledge of hygiene,poor physical and mental state.Therefore,The Intellectual circles put forward many proposals to improve the situation.for example,getting rid of outdated ideas and customs,attaching importance to the development of public health systems and facilities,increase expenditure of hygiene.They must develop rural health relief services,developing health education,training medical talents and provide financial and legal safeguards.The suggestion orproposition that they put forward to popularize health knowledge has a great significance for promoting the development of people.The Intellectual circles also think about education problem of livehood view at that time.They also take improving people’s livelihood as the goal of education.China’s education must be based on the reality of China’s social economy and people’s livelihood,centered on social economy and people’s livelihood,centered on social economy and people’s livelihood,and reform the traditional Chinese educational concept,content,goal and system.They put forward Civilian education,life education,vocational educaton,rural education,practical education,health education and other propositions,mostly around the people’s livelihood and social and national construction,embodies the theory and practice of knowledge group education people’s livelihood thought and value goals.Finally,there are many obvious features of Chinese intellectuals’ living thought in the1920 s and 1930 s.These characteristics include the strong concern for people’s wellbeing and a sense of compassion;social rather than political;the gradual transformation of society,and so on.In fact,the intellectuals’ thinging and efforts on people’s livelihood also reflect the logical path and value goal from the improvement of people’s livelihood to sacial transformation and then to the prosperity of the Country.It also contains ideological and social significance.
Keywords/Search Tags:1920s and 1930s, The Chinese intellectual people, people’s livelihood thought, Countryside and peasants, Labor, hygiene and health, education
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