On young chinese was written at 1900, just after the Reform Movement of 1898. When Liang Qichao went into exile in other countries, it was the year of Gengzi. At that time, due to imperialist aggression, the Boxer Patriotic Movement broke out in China.
Young China said that it was an essay written by Liang Qichao (1873- 1929) in the late Qing Dynasty, which was written in 1900 after the failure of the Reform Movement of 1898. The article strongly praises the vitality of youth, points out that China under feudal rule is the "oldest empire", and earnestly hopes that "young China people" will emerge to inspire the people's spirit.
The article is informal and uses metaphors, which is very encouraging. With a strong enterprising spirit, the author has placed his love and expectation on the youth in China.
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On young chinese is one of Liang Qichao's representative works and a famous article published in Qingyi Daily at that time. This article has great influence and is a long political paper. From the standpoint of bourgeois reformists, the author made a sharp contrast between feudal ancient China and China youth in his mind.
Strongly praised the young people's spirit of being brave in reform, encouraged people to shoulder the heavy responsibility of building China's youth, and expressed their desire to make the motherland prosperous and enterprising. It is recognized as the most positive and emotional chapter in Liang Qichao's works, and the author himself regards it as his masterpiece of "opening up a new style and inspiring the people"