Yan Fu (1854 - 1921) first name body male, pass first, incognito Zong Guang, word hill, hind Yi Mingfu, word a few, late date heals rude old person, alias honour doubt, arrange weather plays philosopher. Fujian Fuzhou person. Give one's previous experience of liberal art a successful candidate in the highest imperial examinations especially, chinese recent the capitalist class is illuminative home of ideologist, interpreter, educationist. Took an examination of horsetail with the first 1866 boat politics school, naval exercitation goes up after graduating with optimal achievement after 5 years. Entered England as first naval student studying abroad 1877 royal and naval institute learns, study is divided during England outside naval major, grind meticulously still read book of politics of western philosophy, society, inspect adjudgement process to British court, make similarities and differences of Chinese and Western compare. Learn homecoming successor Fujian boat politics school teachs practice, immediately following in time Shi Xuetang always teachs water of year of transfer Tianjin the Qing Dynasty name for the coastal provinces of Liaoning practice, rise after can do, always do.
　　
The Yan Fu after armour midday be defeated feels at difficult of current affairs cover, begin to be dedicated to interpret writing, be in Tianjin " straight newspaper " go up to be published continuously " the earnestly that changes by the world " " former strong " , " monarch Han " , " save the nation from extinction is talked definitely " wait for political comment, monarch of reprimand past dynasties is ” of the person that “ steals a country greatly, force advocate political reform pursues strong, replace article of eight -part essay with western science. 22 years aid of help Zhang Yuan establishs in Beijing art school, waited to establish in Tianjin with Wang Xiuzhi, Xia Cengyou again second year " the country hears a newspaper " and " the country hears collection " . 24 years in September, write again " glazing mood emperor book of 10 thousand character " , advocate reform political reform to the utmost; Of the same age, the famous book of science of bourgeois of the first west of his interpreter " the weather plays theory " publish formally. To 1909, early or late interpret gives Adam Si Mi " former rich " , of Spencer " group character learning study " , John. Of Mu Le " group personal authority bound is talked " , " Mu Le name learns " , Zhen Ke this " the society connects Quan " , of Meng Desi turtledove " law meaning " with Ye Fang Si " the name learns elementary introduction " wait for the west, amount to 160 much words.
　　
He is the first person of thinking of science of bourgeois of west of introduction of interpreter of latter-day China system. Through the interpreter " the weather plays theory " , will scientific Darwinism takes China, and the category that surmounts Darwinian biology Darwinism and the sense that had world outlook. Pass an interpreter again " Mu Le name learns " and " the name learns elementary introduction " , will logistic induction and deduce law introduction to go to China, take earth up the experience induction of the root seriously particularly among them, land of violent assail, Wang Xue sends what the “ heart of subjective idealism becomes to say ” . Accordingly, yan Fu is China philosophy is built on latter-day and scientific basis, the epoch-making character that makes Chinese latter-day philosophy casts off form of ” of archaic “ study of Confusion classics truly. Outside be being written except interpret, he still admires educational enterprise. Smooth mood 28 years (1902) suffer hire hall of university of the division that it is Beijing to compile bureau always do; Participate in 31 years establish answer dawn is fair learn, assumed the president for a time second year; 32 years school of normal school of the Anhui province of go to one's post is supervised; Held the post of superintend and director of chief inspector of hall of Beijing division university again 1912, hold article science concurrently to grow.
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