论戊戌变法时期维新派的自由思想

早期维新派虽然主张在中国实施政治体制改革,提倡学习英国式的君主立宪制,但他们并没有付诸实际行动。康梁维新派进一步宣扬西方的自由思想,促进了西方自由主义在中国的传播。特别是严复提倡的＂自由为体,民主为用＂思想深深地抓住了英国式自由秩序的精髓。在光绪帝的支持下,他们进行了一场大规模的政治改革运动。虽然戊戌变法失败了,但它在一定程度上解放了中国人的思想,使许多中国人认识到了自由的价值。

On Free Thought of the Reformists during the Reform Movement of 1898

The early reformists claimed to implement political reform,and advocated Britain′s constitutional monarchy,but they did not put into action.The reformists publicized the Western free thought,and widely spread the Western liberalism in China.Yan Fu thought freedom is value and democracy is instrument.It embodied the free spirit of Britain′s order.They relied on Guang Xu to implement a large-scale political reform movement.The Reform Movement of 1898 was failed,but it was the liberation of the Chinese people′s thoughts to a certain extent,and many Chinese people recognized the value of freedom.