“科学救国”先驱秉志的“国民性”认识

The pioneer of "Saving China through Science " Bingzhi's Attitudes of "National Character"

秉志是中国近代生物学的主要奠基人和开拓者,是20世纪中国科学家的代表,"科学救国"的先驱。20世纪上半叶,在中国人争取独立自强的过程中,秉志与同时代的许多科学家一样,在从事生物学研究的同时,对中国人的国民性进行了深入的探讨。立足于科学的出发点,其见解独到,且有代表性。文章从国民性问题的提出、国民性观点的揭示、国民性改造及其意义等几方面,阐述了秉志对于中国人"国民性"的认识。

As many other Chinese scientists in the period of when Chinese people were striving for independence and self-reliance, Bingzhi also did a deep research on the Chinese national charaeter when he worked on biology. Being a representative figure of Chinese scientists in 20th century, he suggested unique opinions, which were based on science. This paper discusses his ideas of Chinese national character from following aspects： how he realized the problem of national character, what his attitudes towards the problem, the approach and significance of reforming the Chinese people.