The Study Of Democratic Rights Consciousness Initiation In LiDazhao’s Citizen Characters Reform

LiDazhao’s citizen character reform has a wealth of meaning. The cores of Li Dazhao’s citizen characters reform are regarding the salvation as the start point; regarding the citizen characters reform as the substance and regarding the cultivating citizen’s main consciousness as the approach.The emergence of LiDazhao’s citizen character reform relates directly to the national crisis in the late 19th-century and early 20th century. At the same time, the Zeitgeist has a very significant impact on the reform as well. In addition, the stimulus to democratic rights and opinions that Shih-kai Yuan restores monarchy is also one of the resources. The theory of LiDazhao’s citizen characters reform is originally from bourgeois democracy and rule by law, Minyi and Marxism materialism.LiDazhao has a very comprehensive analysis on citizens’bad quality. Not only does he figure out the essentials of Chinese citizens’bad quality, but also concludes the specific representations of citizens’servility, such like worshiping the authority completely, being content with current situation, lack of social mortality, without any way to distinguish right and wrong and indifference to politics. Li Dazhao analyzes the reason that people are lack of independent personality. Except for the impacts from Chinese self-sufficient economy, the policy of stressing agriculture and restraining commerce, he believes that the imprisonment of feudal monarchy in conventional society during thousands years and the morality and ethics also have crucial impacts.How to transform Chinese people from "subjects" to "citizens"? Starting from the political conception of Minyi, LiDazhao proposes the point of view that changes the family sectionalism to populism as well as appeals intellectual to meet folks. How to improve citizens’ consciousness of right? LiDazhao believes following points. Firstly, concentrate on the protection of citizens’ rights in the construction of democratic political system, at the same time, control the government power. In addition, base on the education and improve citizens’consciousness of right. Thirdly, improve citizens’economic status, so that they are able to claim their rights. Fourthly, enable citizens to obtain the opportunities and ways to propose their rights by encouraging Chinese people to participate in politics. LiDazhao’s citizen character reform not only has values for the cultivation of Chinese citizens’consciousness of right and the construction of socialist democracy and rule by low, but also has some historical limitations.