论早期维新派的国家主权观念

On the Ideas of State Sovereignty of Early Reform Group

早期维新派是最早具有近代国家主权观念的中国知识分子,他们的国家主权观念主要源于现实民族危机的刺激和国际法输入的影响,其具体表现为:对不平等条约的反对,对中国主权沦丧原因的分析以及对维护主权、收回利权办法的探讨。他们的国家主权观念代表了当时中国知识分子对国家主权的最高认识,是中国知识分子近代民族意识觉醒的标志,是中国近代爱国主义的重要内容,具有十分积极的意义,但其局限性也是非常明显的。

The Early Reform Group referred to the Chinese intellectuals who initiated the modern state sovereignty ideas, which stemmed from the stimulus of national crisis and the influence of international law inputs. The contents were as follows: opposing to the unequal treaties, analysing the reasons of the losing of China's sovereignty and discussing the methods of safeguarding the sovereignty and regaining the economic rights. These ideas represented Chinese intellectual's supreme understanding of state sovereignty at that time. As a sign of the awakening of modern national consciousness of Chinese intellectual, they constituted a important part of modern patriotism in China with positive significance as well as obvious limitations.