Yan Fu wrote The Theory of Salvation and shouted the slogan of "Salvation" for the first time. Theory of saving the nation, topic. Important papers on the dispute between schools and imperial examinations, western learning and middle schools in the late Qing Dynasty. Yan Laiyue's headline was written in the 21st year of Guangxu in Qing Dynasty (1895). Those who reprimand candidates for the imperial examinations are actually "absurd and confused".

Expose stereotyped writing and three evils: "blocking wisdom" refers to ideological bondage; "Bad conscience" refers to ideological corruption; "Nourishing the wandering hand" refers to nourishing those ignorant vagrants. It is believed that the reform is not in a hurry to abolish stereotyped writing, and the harm of stereotyped writing lies in leaving no talents in the world.

China's traditional "old learning" ("Chinese studies" and "Song studies"), the characters used in imperial examinations and inscriptions, calligraphy, etc. Be regarded as unreal, useless, talkative and divorced from reality. Only by replacing "middle school" with "western learning" and learning from western countries seriously is the only way to save the country and survive.