了解世界的起步:“师夷长技以制夷”思想

An Analysis of Wei Yuan's Thought “Surpass Foreigners by Learning from Them”

屈辱的鸦片战争拉开了传统中国步入近代的帷幕,中国历史从此发生重大转折。战争的失败与心灵上的失调,迫使中国的有识之士睁眼看世界。爱国思想家魏源正是近代中国第一批"睁眼看世界"的杰出代表。他"创榛辟莽,前驱先路",经过艰苦的思想探索,提出了著名的"师夷长技以制夷"思想。这一新思想,对中国近代化进程产生了深远的影响。

The humiliating opium war pulled open the curtain of modern China. Since then,a great change has taken place in Chinese history. The lose of the war and the psychological trauma forced Chinese people to open their eyes to see the world. Patriotic thinker Wei Yuan was one of the outstanding representatives among the intelluctuals who took the lead to learn from other countries in modern China.With his exploring and pioneering spirit,he put forward the renowned thought ＂surpass foreigners by learning from them ＂which has had an everlasting impact on China＇s modernization.