张謇与许鼎霖

ZHANG Jian and XU Ding-lin

张謇和许鼎霖是实业救国的力行者,政治活动的同路人。他们有着相似的经历,都曾走过苦读诗书、科举应试的道路,都曾有过蒙怨受辱、家道中落的遭遇。面对列强侵略、国势危殆的严峻现实,张謇与许鼎霖都主张因地制宜,发展实业,以救亡图存,造福桑梓,但许鼎霖成绩稍逊。他们都积极参加清末的立宪运动,但张謇更能顺应历史发展的潮流,转而支持共和,为中华民国的成立作出了重要的贡献。

ZHANG Jian and XU Ding-lin are both the participants of the idea of saving the nation by industries and comrades in political activities.Both of them pursued knowledge through hardship,and both of them suffered from humiliation and downward families.Confronted by the invasion of capitalist countries and the weakness of then government,ZHANG Jian and XU Ding-lin both proposed to adjust measures to local conditions and develop industries,so as to save the nation from dangers,in which XU Ding-lin lagged a little behind.Meanwhile,both of them participated in the constitutional movement at the end of the Qing Dynasty,but ZHANG Jian was more compatible with historical development and contributed a lot to the foundation of Republic of China.