The Analysis Of Liang Qichao’s Thought On Confucianism

The subject of this study is to be on Liang Qichao’s Confucian ideas." To defend the country, To maintain national independence, To protect the Confucianism " was a famous political slogan proposed by the modern intellectuals when they encountered the country’s huge crises. Confucianism was the core of the traditional social ideology.And political reform had first taken place in modern ideological and cultural fields. The Sino-Japanese War of1894had brought great shock to the Chinese traditional scholar class. As a result, the political reforms had become a social consensus. Liang was embarked on the stage of history at this time. In the period of the Hundred Days Reform, his thoughts mainly included "religious worship outlook "," Mencius’s cosmopolitanism "and " social evolution ideology ".The purpose of these thoughts was to change the country’s political system. But the failure of the Reform Movement also lead to the ideas’bankrupt.Liang thought that the Confucianism was only a small number of civilian political beliefs. In order to promote the progress of the country and arouse more people, he must look for a new ideological resource. Then after he exiled in Japan, he decisively abandoned the thought of protect the Confucianism, and actively advocated the Xinmin doctrine, which had played a huge impact on the Enlightenment. Xinmin doctrine is a new political culture compared to Confucianism, which had a breakthrough in the concept of Nation-state, citizen, freedom, public governance and so on. Liang later years became a cultural conservatives. He paid homage to Confucius, what’s more his understanding of Confucianism had become a philosophy of life other than a system of political doctrine. It still had significance for our understanding of today’s Confucian values.Liang lived in the transition stage from traditional to modern times, and he also had a process for the continuous development of political awareness, so his thought changed a lot through ups and downs. But throughout his core ideas, Liang was a patriot and nationalist. He contributed himself to explore the road toward modernization and the national independence and prosperity.