“少年中国”与“中国少年”--梁启超《少年中国说》思想析论

“Young China” and “China young”:An Analysis of Liang Qichao’s On Young China

梁启超的《少年中国说》是在20世纪初中国民族危机和社会危机空前严重的历史背景下发表的。文章主要围绕“少年中国”和“中国少年”两个问题而展开,论证了中国处于少年时期和中国之少年对国家发展的重要作用。其思想的形成不仅是时代的产物,也和梁启超所形成的“心力”哲学观有关,更是中国传统文化近代化转型的必然结果。这种思想在当时不仅起到了启迪民智、唤醒民族意识、培养民族精神的作用,而且对人的现代化发展也起到了一定促进作用,蕴涵了民主主义的思想萌芽,具有一定的启蒙色彩,对当前培养青年使命担当精神以及国民素质教育等问题仍具有一定的指导意义和启示价值。

In the early 20th century,under the historical background of China’s national and social crises of unprecedented severity,Liang Qichao publishedOn Young China.It revolves around the issues of“young China”and“Chinese youth”,demonstrating that China is in its young age and China’s youth play an important role in the development of the country.The formation of this thought is not only the product of the times,but also related to Liang Qichao’s philosophical view of“mental effort”and the inevitable result of the modernization transformation of Chinese traditional culture.At that time,this thought played the role of enlightening people's wisdom,awakening national consciousness and cultivating national spirit.Moreover,it also plays a certain role in promoting the modernization of human beings,containing the germination of the thought of democracy and a certain enlightening color,which still has certain guiding significance and enlightening value to the current issues such as training youth’s mission spirit and national quality education.