救亡与启蒙——甲午战争后两种救国路径发轫初探

The Salvation and the Enlightenment——The Initial Exploration of Two Ways to Save Nation after the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895

甲午战争对中国人的思想观念造成了巨大冲击,使中国人有了比较完全意义上的世界观。从此,中国启动了全面现代化的步伐。如何挽救民族危亡,实现国家富强,在先进的中国人中,形成了文化强国和政治救国两种方案。随后,先进的中国人在对两种方案争论、借鉴、吸收中推动了中国历史的发展。

The Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895,which impacted on the Chi nese people's ideas heavily,brought Chinese with a relatively all-round world outlook. From then on,the complete modernization of China had started. In this sense,the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895 really marked the beginning of Modern Chinese History. The Chinese people are thinking a problem of how to save the na tion from extinction and how to make the nation prosperous and powerful. Buildin g power by culture and saving nation by politics appeared among the advanced Chi nese people. At the end, the view of'the Salvation Superior to the Enlightenmen t'was selected by the Chinese people. However,the issue of its rights and wron gs,still need the adjudicating of history.