The Great Chung Hwa Magazine And Thought Trends Of Politics And Culture In The Early Years Of Republic Of China

The Great Chung Hwa Magazine, which was an importantpublication after World Warâ… and one of eight greatestmagazines in the early years of republic of China of ZhongHuapress, host-edited by Liang ch'i-chao, started in Shanghai onJanuary 20, 1915, supported by ZhongHua press, created inJanuary, 1917, because of lack of fund, and published twovolumes that was 24 periods. Owing to weaker study on thisnewspaper and magazine in academic circles, this paperelaborated the general situation of The Great Chung HwaMagazine, especially analysized the viewpoint and theinfluence of The Great Chung Hwa Magazine on politics andculture construction in the early years of republic of China.Firstly, on the controversy of national system in the earlyyears of republic of China, The Great Chung Hwa Magazine arguedthat the national system is proper to keep not to alter,otherwise, the nation encountered a riot easily that will bringcalamity to the country. What the politician should payattention to is the improvement of the form of government, makesit ordered, reasonable, and serving the public. Therefore, TheGreat Chung Hwa Magazine laid claim to keep the national system,opposed that Yuan Shi kai to resume Government by a monarch,and supported the campaigns to protect the Republic. Secondly,when most newspapers and magazines supported federal thought,The Great Chung Hwa Magazine gave a different view that federal system was not good to state unity, suitable to Chinesesituation and the system to elect provincial governor by peopledid more harm than good. Meanwhile, it opposed the assertionof "canceling provinces for centralization" and urged one newpolitical system that was neither federal nor central one.Furtherly, The Great Chung Hwa Magazine argued that majorityof Confucianism was not suit to reality, opposed the argumentthat Confucianism should become national religious faithputted forward by Kang Youwei and traditional Confucianism,which laid the foundation for anti-Confucianism totally by newcultural school in May 4th period. Finally, the eruption of theWorld Warâ… had shocked the people. The Great Chung Hwa Magazinenot only reported completely the course of the war, analyzedthe reason, forecasted the result, but also reviewed andanalyzed the Germany and the Chinese measure to the World Warâ… . Moreover, The Great Chung Hwa Magazine pointed out Chinahad to develop herself in time, otherwise, had to face a seriousinternational situation.