严复“三民”思想及其当代价值

On YAN Fu's Conception of the People and Its Modern Significance

严复开发民智、更新民德和强化民力的主张是其思想的重要闪光点,直接来源于西方,有严谨的理论依据与现实支持。"民力"是基石,"民智"是资源,"民德"是保障。国民的道德水平、智力程度与体力现状决定着一个民族或国家的发展方向与道路选择,这是严复思想的核心所在。严复"三民"思想与孙中山的三民主义同为中国近代思想史上的两座丰碑,开中国近代讨论国民性之先河,成为现当代中国教育思想的核心。

After the Great Cultural Revolution the Communist Party of China was confronted with numerous tasks of bringing order out of chaos,the most critical one being setting the wrong ideology guidelines of the CPC right.Only after establishing the right ideology guidelines could the errors of the Great Cultural Revolution be corrected thoroughly so as to realize the shift of focus in work and speed up the process of reform and opening-up.HU Qiao-mu,in his late years,made great contributions to this cause.He analyzed the supporting theories of launching the Great Cultural Revolution profoundly,defined the nature of the Great Cultural Revolution scientifically,and appraised the historical position of Comrade MAO Ze-dong and MAO Ze-dong thought objectively.He also probed into the causes for the mistaken ＂leftist＂ approach that had lasted for twenty years.All his efforts in theoretical studies have laid a solid foundation for completely and thoroughly correcting the wrong leftist behaviors and establishing the right ideology guidelines of the CPC.