皮锡瑞与晚清教育变革

Pi Xirui and the Educational Reform During the Late Qing Dynasty

皮锡瑞较早认识到国家富强的根本 ,不在选拔任用人才 ,而在大兴教育、培植人才 ,因此对八股取士制度十分不满 ,而对兴办新式教育生出浓厚兴趣。戌戊变法期间 ,他极力推动湘赣两省废除八股、改革书院 ;在清末新政中 ,他更积极参加湘中兴办新学 ,为湖南教育的近代化做出了重要贡献。

Pi Xirui realized that education was fundamental to making a country rich and strong. He thought it more important to develop education and cultivate qualified people than to select and appoint them. Therefore during the two famous reforms in the late Qing dynasty, Pi Xirui tried his best to push on the abolition of the old examination system and participated actively in the establishment of new education. He devoted his life to the modernization of education in Hunan.