Eight-Nation Alliance invaded China and the national crisis was unprecedented. On young chinese was written in 1900, and Liang Qichao was exiled to Japan after the Reform Movement of 1898.

That year was the boxer movement year. At that time, due to imperialist aggression, the Boxer Patriotic Movement broke out in China. Imperialism united to form Eight-Nation Alliance, colluded with the Qing government, suppressed the Boxer Rebellion, and captured Tianjin and Peking.

At that time, Eight-Nation Alliance created public opinion and slandered China as "the old empire", "the sick man of East Asia" and "divided", unable to stand on its own feet, and had to be managed or carved up by the great powers. Among China people, there are some ignorant people who shout that "it is unreasonable for China not to die" and "any big country can perish China within three days", spreading pessimism, and the national crisis is unprecedented.

The failure of the Reform Movement of 1898 forced Liang Qichao to flee to Japan, but he did not give up his efforts to strengthen the country through reform. In Japan, he founded Qingyi Daily and tried his best to publicize the continuation of the Reform Movement through the media. At that time, imperialism created public opinion and slandered China as the "boss empire".

In order to refute the imperialists' shameless abuse, correct the servile psychology of some people in China, arouse people's patriotic enthusiasm, and arouse national pride and self-confidence, Liang Qichao wrote this article on young chinese in due course. ?

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On young chinese is one of Liang Qichao's representative works, and it was also a famous article published in Tsing Yi Daily at that time.

This article has a great influence. This is a long political paper. From the standpoint of bourgeois reformists, the author made a sharp contrast between China, an ancient feudal country, and the young people in China in his mind. He 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 and enterprising spirit to make the motherland rich and strong.

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"

Reference: Baidu Encyclopedia-Young China said