容闳关于国家振兴的思想主张及其实践

Rong Hong's Thought&Proposition and Its Practical Course on the Revitalization of the Country

洋务运动的时候,容闳给政府提了四条建议。其中两条是关于国家运输和工业的,直接进行操作;一条关系主权,落实时间长达76年;另一条是最关键的一条,“选颖秀青年送之出洋”,于是在近代中国有了“留美幼童”这样一个兼容中西文化的特殊群体。他们在矿业、海关、电报、铁路、外交、高等教育等部门从事开拓性的工作,正是民族工业从无到有、社会制度从封建专制进入民主共和的重要历史阶段。留美幼童这个群体,因为容闳的建议和努力而出现,也是他理想的践行者。所以,容闳是最早把工业革命的理念带入中国并有所实践的人,他的学生继续实践并构筑中国早期的工业框架。

During the Westernization Movement,Rong Hong put forward four suggestions to the government.Two of them were about national transport and industry,which were carried out immediately;another one was related to sovereignty,which had been implemented for 76 years;the second one was the most important,“Choosing excellent young people to send abroad to study”,therefore,in modern China,there was a special group of“young children studying in America”,which was compatible with Chinese and Western cultures.They engaged in pioneering work in mining,customs,telegrams,railways,diplomacy,higher education and other departments,when it was an important historical stage of the national industry growing from scratch and the social system entering the democratic&republic from feudal autocracy.The group of young children studying in America,as a result of the advice and efforts of Rong Hong,is also the realizer of his ideals,complementary to each other.So,Rong Hong was the first person to bring the idea of industrial revolution into China and to practice,and his students continued to practice and build an early industrial framework in China.