Liang Qichao left me the impression that, on the one hand, he was fickle and on the other hand, he saw things thoroughly. Fickle, just because you are in troubled times and in an unpredictable society. From adulthood to death; From the Reform Movement of 1898 to the rise of the Kuomintang. History is undergoing great changes, so it is constantly changing. At the same time, his "change" is precisely because of his thoroughness. At the same time, he enthusiastically and actively participates in every major historical change, and he can deeply understand the profound meaning behind this change or not, so he will change his attitude accordingly. On many occasions, this sentence is ironic, but in Liang Qichao's case, this sentence is a real compliment. As the author said, the change is superficial, and what remains unchanged is his heart of saving the country and the people. Not everyone can realize the historical significance of his time, and even vice versa, few people can see his time clearly, but Liang Qichao undoubtedly did it. Even he unfairly observed his times and saw the problems in the next few decades or even more than a hundred years. What is such a person if he is not a hero?
After reading this book, Liang Qichao is not only a historical figure who needs to recite in the history books. I admire his distinctive and full personality.
His personality can be clearly seen from the following events.
First, Kang Liang is evil. Kang Youwei and Liang Qichao are basically equivalent to the "Reform Movement of 1898", and we remembered their names together because of the Reform Movement of 1898. But in the later period, especially after the "Restoration" of Zhang Xun, Liang Qichao said, "The first person who plotted was either an insatiable warrior or an outspoken scholar who knew nothing about the political situation." Among them, the so-called outspoken scholar refers to Kang Youwei. Kang Youwei even accused Liang Qichao of violating ethics, eating his parents and being worse than animals. Xie Xizhang thinks that there is a dispute between Kang and Liang in his book. "Kang Youwei should change with constancy. Early years are too advanced, and ten thousand years are too backward. Therefore, doctors are regarded as monsters in China. Liang Qichao pursued constancy with impermanence. What has changed is that he has to work hard to adapt to this era. " Of course, there are also Kang Youwei's own personality defects. Kang Youwei has always regarded himself as a "saint", founded Confucianism and regarded himself as the founder. In addition, he also violated a lot of traditions because of the heterogeneous heresy of textual research on the New Classics.
The bottom line of literati has also aroused many people's disgust. In the later period, Kang Youwei felt that Liang Qichao threatened his position, so he ran around to suppress it. At this point, Liang Qichao is as plain as water, calmly dealing with everything, as calm as water and as tolerant as water, but it is in sharp contrast with his teacher's fiery personality.
Second, the relationship with Yuan Shikai. As we all know, Yuan Shikai's betrayal directly led to the bloody suppression of the Reform Movement of 1898. Therefore, during his exile, Kang Liang also launched many actions to overthrow Yuan. However, when the Republic of China was founded, the two former enemies seemed to jointly attempt to govern China with "one article and one instrument". The author thinks that Liang Qichao didn't fail to see Yuan Shikai's ambition clearly, but that Yuan Shikai was really the only person who could stabilize the situation at that time, and he believed that the Progressive Party (in fact, he himself believed) had the ability to supervise Yuan Shikai. Facts have proved that Liang Qichao once again fell into the same pit. However, after Liang Qichao returned to China and the movement to defend the country began, Liang Qichao gave up his demands for constitutionalism and civil rights and called for state power and autocracy instead, which is worth pondering. Third, the mentoring relationship with Xu Zhimo. Regarding the mentoring relationship between Liang Qichao and Xu Zhimo, the most widely known is Liang Qichao's slightly reproachful wedding words at the wedding of Xu Zhimo and Lu Xiaoman: "Your life has experienced some waves in the past. Maybe a small part of these pains and misunderstandings are caused by you. Let me ask you, are you stable now? From today on, we should all open our eyes and see that you are an open person! " In fact, the real fate of Xu Liang's apprentices is still in the cause of "Poetry Revolution" and "Fiction Revolution" which advocate the improvement of literary style, and Westerners such as Tagore came to China, which is also among the work of Xu Liang and others to introduce western culture. But Liang Qichao has always held a grudge against Xu Zhimo's remarriage, which is a bit like his dual culture.
In the eyes of the world, he is full of glory, but in his family, he is an ordinary loving father who carefully educates his children. His nine children are all brilliant and have made outstanding achievements in their respective fields. Three of them are academicians of the two academies and have the reputation of "one academician and three academicians". When talking about their father's education, Liang said: "Father's personality charm, broad and frank mind, optimistic spiritual realm, sensitivity to new things and rigorous learning attitude are our inexhaustible spiritual sources." . Every child of Liang Qichao is very promising, not because of his strict education, but because of his subtle influence. It makes sense to say that "dragons give birth to dragons and phoenixes, and mice's sons can make holes", because children will have a natural imitation of their elders.
Needless to say, Liang Qichao's cultural achievements and contributions.
He strongly advocated the reform of the imperial examination, saying: "If you want to promote the school, educate talents, strengthen China, and change the imperial examination as the first meaning." He attached great importance to normal education and had the feeling that "normal education is not established and teaching is inhuman". Advocating women's education and opening women's wisdom, he believes: "Equal rights between men and women are held by the United States; Women learn to pick up, and the day is strong. "
Liang Qichao had a diligent and magical pen. He kept writing and left many incisive words, which inspired countless young people in China to devote themselves to transforming China and improving the country. In the book young chinese, which we are familiar with, Liang Qichao encouraged our young people to shoulder their responsibilities and strive for strength. "Young wisdom is the wisdom of the country, and young wealth is the wealth of the country; If a teenager is strong, the country is strong. " Words are his high hopes for us.
After reading Liang Qichao's biography, I feel that there are many talented people in that era. Even in the era of decline, even in the era of melee warlords, those people still did not give up their motherland. Even if they study abroad or flee overseas, they never forget to return home to save the country, forget the whole world and forget their responsibilities. Liang Qichao should be a well-deserved ideological giant! However, how should our generation receive this bright red flag? Of course, it is to establish basic spiritual characteristics such as realistic consciousness, interesting ideal and humanistic character.