The Modern Changes Of Liao 's Family In

Liucheng Liao Family was moved from Fujian to Jiading in Kangxi period of Qing dynasty. After hundreds of years’ development, it turned into a celebrated family of imperial exam and culture in Jiangnan delta. Liao Family attached great importance to imperial exam, and take education as a family motto. They cultivated their children to participate in the imperial examination to obtain fame and honor. In order to gain more control and influence, Liao Family followed the principle of match and politics and built an extensive marriage network with local notable family such as Wang Family, Cao Family, Qian Family and Wu Family. In the late Qing dynasty, Liao Family took social responsibilities to promote social transformation. In the face of domestic and foreign crisis, Liao Family drove the Chinese modernization by establishing new style schools and spreading western learning. Meanwhile, Liao Family renewed idea and adjusted family direction with the trend. As a traditional culture family, Liao Family changed themselves successfully in the late Qing dynasty. There appeared many culture celebrities, such as historians, diplomatists, educators and psychologists in Liao Family. Sze-chen Liao, a well-known psychologist and educator in modern China, went to Brown University for study in 1915. After graduation, he came back to China with foreign advanced educational theories and education ideas. Through many years of great efforts, Sze-chen Liao made a big contribution to China’s modern school education.