Modern New Knowledge Groups And Characteristics Of Study

The historical background in which outstanding figures of modern China lived is that the West is much stronger than China. In such a context, both the theory and reality have proved that learning from the West is the historical trend. The outstanding figures of modern China conformed to the historical trend and made outstanding contributions to China's social progress. In the process of learning from the West, these outstanding figures must to know Western intelligence. Compared to China's tradition intelligence, the western intelligence is advanced new one. Therefore, the outstanding figures of modern China can be collectively referred to as modern new intelligence group.Based on the result of sampling survey of the new intelligence group during 1860-1875, found that the new intelligence group of this period extremely uneven geographical distribution, the southeast coastal provinces took high proportion.Through the analysis of individual samples of the new intelligence group during 1860-1875, come to the conclusion that the contact with western civilization is the requisite condition to be the new intelligence group. And under the historical situation of that time, the southeast coastal region got more opportunities than other to contact with Western civilization.