论吴虞的反封建思想

On Wu Yu's anti-feudal thoughts

吴虞是清末民初时期的反旧礼教和旧文化的著名人物。他认为 ,封建统治者之所以提倡儒家思想 ,是因为其思想核心的“教”、“礼”等能在巩固其统治、维系封建社会秩序中发挥特殊的作用 ,故用其来驯服制御臣民。吴虞对封建专制礼教对妇女的压制进行了批判和揭露 ,主张男女平等 ,为中国妇女解放而呐喊。吴虞还提倡自由和个性解放 ,提高国民的民主意识 。

Wu Yu was an outstanding figure in the late Qing Dynasty and the early days of the Republic of China in fighting against old fedual ehthics and culture.He believed that it was due to special funtions of the core ideas of “filial obedience”and“propriety”in fortifying their rule and maintaining fedual social order that fedual rulers offcially recommended Confucian ideas to tame and dominate the subjects. Wu Yu went forward to criticize and reveal the autocratic feudal ethics in its oppression of women,advocating the equality of men and women and crying out for the liberation of Chinese women. Wu Yu also advocated freedom and liberation of individuality in order to raise the awareness of democracy so as to establidh a capitalist state.