Research On Yan Fu'thought Of Constitutionalism

Abstract: This text is for the purpose of making a system combs and comprehensive inspection of Yan Fu's constitutionalism thought. Although constitutionalism hasn't formed definition of Identically recognizing in the west, this cerainly does not affect people to understand constitutionalism value .But modern China has not made sufficient concern to this introducing the thought of western constitutionalism, what most thinkers valued is not the inherent value that the constitutionalism reflects , and link it with country's prosperous and strong goal at first and think the constitutionalism as that can overcome the Chinese tradition " despotism " substitutability tool, and this system has a kind of outstanding magic power - - cause the country are prosperous and strong directly. Though it is caused by reality at that time of China that this collective read by mistake , having certain historical necessity, but it leads to the Chinese politics make the transition and unfinished too, this difficult exploration course is still continuing today. In journey that we start constitutionalism march review elite understand to constitutionalism this thing from abroad that way of constitutionalism open the beginning progressively for us, perhaps can choose to inspire to some extent that how we are today . Among them Yan Fu is man who can't be ignored either in exploring the road of the modern Chinese constitutionalism.Yan Fu (1854- - 1921), Houguan(Fuzhou ) comes form Fujian, the word Youling, also word Jidao, it is our country's modern and famous thinker , educationist. The times that Yan Fu was in was the very most grave period of disaster in Chinese nation's history, the domestic trouble and foreign invasion interweaves , the national conflict was sharpened day by day, the country faces the unprecedented crisis. Fu Yan learned academic advantage to pass through Midwest with their, unique theory visual angle, to modern a series of origin of China, issue of complexity make deep thinking, have made the rich theory achievement. He is an enlighten thinker, educationist, translator, whose outstanding achievements had been accepted by people. But his political ideology, especially the progressive constitutionalism thought of freedom, democracy, government by law, had not gotten definite appraise by lots of people. Though a lot of people think Yan Fu's status in the history of modern thought of constitutionalism and enlighten thinker of the same more period than that of him, for instance Kang Youwei, Liang Qichao, etc., but if studying Yan Fu's thesis and translations carefully, we will...