JingYuan-shan's Charity Thoughts And His Practice

JingYuan-shan is a famous philanthropist in the late Qing dynasty. He devotes the golden years of all his life to the philanthropy of that time, spending many years as one day and straining his heart and mind.Besides, he is indifferent to fame and wealth.He formes his characteristical thought and idea during the philanthropic practice.His philanthropic thoughts merges into many cultures.His philanthropic idea is not some unappractical empty solgan,but it is invisive judgement which is combined with practice closely.His characteristic as a man of action really reappear in his philanthropy which has an important guide significance in modern philanthropy.There are seven parts in the full text which includes foreword,the first chapter,the second chapter,the third chapter,the fourth chapter,the fifth chapter and ending.The foreword summarizes the sense and value why chose this topic, the status quo of reaching in interrelated field,the existed problems,the train of thought,and the origninality and insufficiency in this article.The first chapter elaborates why Jing Yuan-shan organizes philanthro.It thinks that his philanthropic thoughts are deeply influenced by the traditional ideology and culture,family environment and social realities.The second chapter makes a serious analysis on the formation and development of Jing Yuan-shan's philanthropic thoughts which is divided into three steps on the base of developing angle.The Preliminary philanthropic view which is on the traditional benevolent base from 1860 to 1880;The transformation from the negative relieve thoughts to positive disaster prevention thoughts from 1880 to 1895;The transformation from the traditional philanthropic view to modern social welfare thoughts from 1896 to 1902.Then it points out that there is a constanty developed process in his philanthropic thoughts which transform from traditional philanthropic thoughts to modern welfare thoughts.The third chapter inspects the rise and spring up of voluntary relief in late Qing dynasty on the clue of JingYuan-shan.It shows his position and function clearly in the voluntary relife of that time,and make a slight analyses on the operating mechanism which points out that voluntary relife is divided into two links,that is raising relief funds and distributing relief funds.Then it reveals some highlights in JingYuan-shan's philanthropic practice which is rarely known by the people,such as the application of withdrawing shares to relief creatively and the establishment of preparation relief fund.And it broadens the source of voluntary relief fund largely.Finally it thinks the voluntary relief plays an important influence on the JingYuan-shan's orbit of life.The forth chapter carries out the systematic anylise and comb on the reason of JingYuan shan's woman enducational thoughts and women's enducational viewpoint.Besides,it makes an invidual research on the aim, the courses offered in a school and administration of school in the first woman school in china.Taking found agricultural school and set up the meeting of encouraging good behavior to read newspapers for example,it emphasize stressly the transformation from philanthropy to modern Public welfare.The five chapter dissects the influlence of JingYuan-shan's philanthropy in modern society.It has great effect and influence on the enhancement of the cohesion of the Chinese nation,the modernization of traditional philanthropy and the development of the modern education.The ending evaluates the Progressives and limitations of JingYuan-shan's philanthropic thoughts and practice objectively.