On Liang Dingfen - A Typical Representative Of Loyalty To The Emperor Wei Road Intellectuals In The Late Qing Dynasty

Liang Ding Pen is a typical representative of the intellectuals known as the apologist in the Late Qing dynasty. The thesis discusses Liang Ding Fen thoughts and activities throughout his life in sequence, and inquires into the course of his thoughts? forming .The thesis is separated into four parts: 1. It discusses the form of Liang Ding Fen thoughts known as the apologist. In the influence of the times, the family, the teachers and friends, Liang Ding Pen preliminarily cultivated the thoughts of the studying on statecraft , the loyalty to the emperor and defending traditional moral principles. 2.It discusses that Liang Ding Fen made friends with lots of the Scholar-official Group in the political circumstances of Qing dynasty. During the war between China and France (1884.), he submitted a written statement to impeach Li Hong Zhang, this convincingly demonstrated the fact that he was a member of Scholar-official Group. 3. It discusses Liang Ding Pen activities after he joined Zhang Zhi Dong?Mu- Fu,and the friendship between Liang Ding Fen and Zhang Zhi Dong. After he joined Zhang Zhi Dong Mu-Pu, Liang Ding Fen assisted Zhang Zhi Dong to run the western- style education, and he became Zhang Zhi Dong capable assistant in Zhang official circles. Therefore, the writer inquires into the cause of Liang making friends with Zhang from four aspects. 4.Jt discusses Liang Ding Fen words and deeds after he became the official again and Qing dynasty died out. He built and kept watch by Chong Ling actively, joined the Confucianism Organization, and ZhangXun Restoration activities, etc. He considered himself to be an old adherent of the dead Qing dynasty.