The famous saying "study for the rise of China" was put forward by Yan Fu, a famous thinker, educator and politician in the late Qing Dynasty and the early Republic of China. Yan Fu (1854-192 1 year) was born in Suzhou, Jiangsu. He became famous at a young age, and at the age of eighteen, he had published academic works such as Introduction to Zhouyi and Interpretation of the Book of Rites. Later, Yan Fu was admitted to the imperial examination, but the imperial examination system at that time had begun to decline, and the country was facing a severe situation of internal troubles and foreign invasion. He put forward this famous saying when thinking about the way to become a powerful country.

The phrase "study for the rise of China" makes people realize that the rise and prosperity of a country needs high-quality and capable talents as support and promotion. This sentence is not only the basic idea of education, but also the belief and motivation of national construction and national rejuvenation.

In addition to this famous saying, Yan Fu has many important thoughts, such as advocating the reform of the imperial examination system, advocating scientific wisdom, emphasizing ideas, advocating the dissemination of modern ideas and so on.