On the Accommodation and Rejection of Rousseau's Federal Ideas by Liang Qichao
The relationship between the central government and the local government is an important aspect of the design of modern China's political system.As a political theorist at the intersection of the old and the new,Liang Qichao contributed to the initial design of the state structure in modem China and promoted the modem transformation of Chinese political thought.And in the formation of Liang Qichao's modem state thought,Rousseau played an important role of influence and constituted a source of inspiration for Liang's state structure design.Since Rousseau's federal idea was in line with Liang Qichao's concern for local autonomy,Liang Qichao had accommodated Rousseau's federal idea and promoted it as the basic political system of modem China.However,as Liang Qichao's understanding of federalism deepened,he gradually rejected Rousseau's federal idea and shifted from supporting local autonomy to supporting centralized power.Later,out of the necessity of the times,Liang Qichao returned to federalism again and advocated joint provincial autonomy.To sum up,clarifying Liang Qichao's view of federalism and Rousseau's influence can help us understand the early scheme of modern Chinese political system design and trace the ideological origins of the modem transformation of Chinese political thought.
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