论林则徐与魏源的经世思想

On the Social Thoughts of Lin Zexu and Wei Yuan

林则徐和魏源分别作为官员经世和学者经世的不同代表人物 ,是清代嘉庆、道光年间经世致用学风复兴的倡导者和实践者。其共同特点是主张学习与实践的结合 ,提倡经世思想中的“力行”观 ,在河工、漕运、盐政经世三大政方面各有建树 ,进而由传统的经世思想向近代思想转型 ,开中国近代化思潮之先河。

As officials and a scholars during the reign of Jiaqing and Daoguang of the Qing Dynasty,Lin and Wei were two different typical figures who led and practised the same rejuvenation of the traditonal acadmeic style for the purpose of running a country well by practical administration not by idle talk.Both of them advocated integrating theory with practice and earnestly practising what one preaches.They also contributed to three major administrative affairs-harnessing the Huanghe River,transporting grains by water and managing salt industry.Moreover,they changed the traditional social thoughts into the modern style and became the forerunners of modernization trend in China.