Three Aspects of Yan Fu's Publishing Activities from the Late Qing Dynasty to the May Fourth Period
Between obsession and epiphany,reform and identification,crisis and transformation,Yan Fu carries a strong sense of questioning and"responds to a major change that has not been seen in three thousand years".He regards publishing as the media's purpose in three aspects.Firstly,he spreads advanced political,scientific,philosophical and other ideas through translating and publishing Western works to improve the feudal political order.The second is to borrow translated books to enlighten the people,with the goal of promoting enlightenment ideas and advocating social change.The third is to resolve the"clash of civilizations"under the proposition of"ancient and modern China and the West".Yan Fu's Enlightenment Thought entered the world in the field of"text-publication-reading"construction,triggering a profound ideological revolution in modern times and providing guidance for the construction of modern civilization of the Chinese nation.