Cai Jun And Westernization

Cai Jun in his early years in the east of Guangdong,for Westernization.Later,he traveled abroad with Zheng Zaogru and stayed in Spain.His thoughts on westernization and diplomacy were mature at this time.After returning to China,Cai Jun was appreciated by Yi Xuan to serve in Beijing,for the New Deal diplomatic advice,and had participated in the Sino-French War decision-making.Later,he was ostracized by conservatives and retired to his place.After returning to the place,Cai Jun for ten years in Liangjiang,Fujian and Zhejiang,for westernization,and responsible for all kinds of complicated foreign negotiations,in its personal excellent negotiation skills,Cai Jun at this time it can be said that the wind Shengshui,its position is therefore increasingly heavy,has served as Su Song Tai Dao and the post of minister in Japan.However,Cai Jun’s negotiation skills are not invincible,from the specific environment will suddenly fail,and even therefore endanger their own career.In addition,in the process of rising rapidly,Cai Jun also faced the challenge brought by the trend of The Times.In the contest with the new intellectuals who represented the "clean current" of the past and the new intellectuals who represented the future,the Westernization personage who was in the gap between the new and the old and whose position was slightly embarrassing could only quietly leave the stage.From this point of view,Cai Jun’s life is actually a microcosm of the New Westernization Deal in the late Qing Dynasty.China’s modernization came from it,but it took other paths,and the New Westernization Deal could only decline in the alternation of the new and the old.