外报舆论与魏源近代思想的启蒙

Public Opinions of Foreign Newspapers and the Enlightenment of Wei Yuan's Modern Thoughts

鸦片战争前后,外人在中国创办的报刊传播了西方文明,促进了以魏源为代表的一部分先进地主阶级知识分子的近代思想启蒙:外报所传播的西方民主政治引发了魏源对封建君主制度的质疑,它所传播的西方自由贸易理论使魏源深刻认识到对外贸易对一国经济发展的重要性,以及外报对地理历史知识的介绍促使了魏源等人去"睁眼看世界"。

Around the Opium War, the newspapers in China founded by the foreigners have spreadthe Western civilization, and enlightened Wei Yuan as the representative of some advanced intellectualsof the landlord class on modern thoughts. The western democratic politics from foreign newspaperscaused Wei Yuan to question the feudal monarchy. The spread of western theory of free trade made WeiYuan realize the importance of foreign trade on a country＇s economic development, and the introductionof foreign countries＇ geography and history made Wei Yuan and others ＂open their eyes to see theworld＂.