李鸿藻对西学的认识及其转变

李鸿藻是晚清一位重要历史人物,有人认为他是单纯的保守派,有人认为他曾与顽固派为伍。早期的李鸿藻由于受传统思想禁锢,对洋务派的很多活动进行过阻挠;甲午战败之后,晚年的李鸿藻切身体会到了敌强我弱的局势,开始改变西学观,主张采用“中体西用”的模式学习西方,实行军事改革,开始与维新人士有所接触,并用新人新法教育子女。他一生对西学有一由早期抵拒到晚年有所接纳的过程。

LI Hong- zao's Change in Understanding the Western Learning

As an important historical figure in the late Qing dynasty, Li Hong-zao is a controversial person who is said to be conservative by some and diehard by others. An analysis of LI Hong-zao's change in understanding the Western Learning in his later years indicates that he is not a pure conservative person. LI Hong-zao experiences the change from obstructing Westernization Movement in his earlier years because of the influence of traditional ideology to advocating using the experience of the West for reference in politics, military affairs, and education in his later years.