李端棻与近代中国教育

Li Ruifen and Modern Chinese Education

李端棻对中国以及贵州教育的贡献是:最早提出改革中国封建教育的方案,在戊戍变法中,改革科举,废除八股取士,设立学堂,提倡西学,开办京师大学堂等等,晚年在贵州继续鼓吹改革,传播启蒙思潮,发展新学。在中国的近代教育中,从理论到实践,都作出了开拓性的贡献。

The contributions which Li Ruifen made to China＇ s and Guizhou~ education are： he was the first ones to put forward the plan to reform Chinese feudal education; in the period of Hundred Days of Reform in 1898, he cried for reforming the way of civil examination for government degrees, for abolishing the means of selecting officialdom by eight- legged essay, for establishing schools, for advocating West civilization, and for setting up Capital Big School, etc. ; in his late years, he continued in Guizhou province advocating reform, spreading enlightenment thought, developing new subjects. In the history of Chinese modern education, Li Ruifen made great contributions both in theory and practice.