《新民丛报》的自由思想的基本特点

Basic Characteristics of Free Thought of Miscellany for New Citizens

不同的人对自由的理解是不一样的,即使是自由主义者之间也有不同的见识,这不仅存在于不同国家之中,而且存在于同一国家的不同人之中。《新民丛报》学人介绍了许多西方的自由学说,并试图用中国文化加以解释。总的来说,《新民丛报》的自由思想主要有三个基本特点,即自由是进化的、自由非自然发生、英国人的自由精神值得学习。

It is different for every people to understand freedom; even liberals have different knowledge of freedom. It not only exists in different countries, but also exists in different people of the same country. Writers of Miscellany for New Citizens intro- duced many Western liberal theories, and tried to explain them by Chinese culture. Generally speaking, free thought of Miscel- lany for New Citizens mainly had three basic characteristics, and they thought freedom is evolutionary, freedom is not naturally occurring, and free spirit of British people is worth learning.