A brief discussion of Liang Shuming’s rural construction theory and its practical significance

Abstract: Liang Shuming was the founder of New Confucianism in the 20th century. The rural construction theory that has been widely studied by future generations is

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The most shining part of his thought is also the core content of his political thought. Therefore, to study Liang Shuming’s political thought, we must first analyze his rural construction theory. Liang Shuming attached great importance to the issues of rural areas and peasants based on the two cultures of the two countries. He proposed that the modernization of Chinese society should be based on the reorganization of rural society, rely on the reconstruction of rural education based on ethics, and use the organizational form of rural rural schools to follow a " The road of cultural renaissance and social structure reconstruction through "old roots sprouting new shoots", in order to promote the country's industrial development and national rejuvenation. His theory of rural construction still has great influence on the current development of rural education in China. This article will briefly analyze his political thoughts from the theoretical content of rural construction and its practical significance.

Keywords: Rural Construction Movement, Rural Construction Theory Content, Practical Significance Introduction: China in the 1920s and 1930s, natural and man-made disasters, internal and external difficulties, politics, economy and rural society Culture and education were on the verge of total collapse, and "going to the countryside" gradually became a direction of social change at that time. Rural issues that had gradually moved away from the center in modern times have returned to people's horizons. The Shandong Rural Construction Research Institute was established in Zouping, and Liang Shuming successively served as the director of the research department and then the president. The rural construction movement represented by Zouping and He Ze was called the "Zouping model" because of its strong New Confucian flavor and significant social influence. It became a rural construction movement that was hosted by the government and participated by national and social forces at that time. The representative of the reform movement was also Liang Shuming’s profound reflection and practical exploration of the road to modernization of Chinese society.

The historical background of the rural construction movement

Since the 1920s and 1930s, due to the invasion of foreign powers, warlords' melee, rampant banditry, frequent natural disasters and the impact of the world economic crisis, China has Rural areas are becoming increasingly bankrupt, bringing them to the brink of collapse. This background prompted Chinese politicians, economists and patriotic intellectuals to turn their vision and attention to the countryside. Among them, Liang Shuming's rural construction experiment in Zouping, Shandong Province achieved certain results. Liang Shuming believed that China is an agricultural society, and its society is based on rural areas. Agriculture is China's industry and China's national destiny. The quality of agricultural conditions is the key to solving all problems in China and is the key to other constructions. fundamental premise. Therefore, he advocated changing the countryside and China's social structure through rural construction, thereby opening up a new development path for China.

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