严复《老子评点》中的民主自由及科学思想

The Thought of Liberty,Democracy,Science of Yanfu in the Book On LaoZi

严复从救国救民、挽救危机的目的出发,撰《老子评点》,认为《老子》的“无为而治”是与民主、自由的精神相符的,而君主专制则是与“无为而治”相对立的,且认为《老子》在逻辑和公例等方面具有近代科学的因素。据此,严复认为中国古代就具有反对专制,提倡自由、科学、民主的传统。因此,他主张在中国进行民主政治的改革。

Yanfu proved the thought of liberty, democracy, science in the book On Laozi that agreed with the thought of Europe in modern times in his book On Laozi, and expounded the significant function of liberty, democracy and science that China adapts to the natural change.