Now the change has begun, leading to the awakening of national consciousness. Its performance and process are as follows:
1, the idea of learning from foreigners to control foreigners and the emergence of early reform ideas;
Lin Zexu: China's first man who opened his eyes to see the world in modern times;
Wei Yuan: He edited the annals of nautical charts, and put forward the idea of "learning from foreigners to control foreigners", and advocated learning advanced foreign science and technology to make the country rich and strong and resist foreign aggression. This is the first time that modern China learned from the West.
2. In the Westernization Movement, Ma Jianzhong, Wang Tao, Zheng and other early reform ideas advocated the reform of feudal autocracy.
The slogan of saving the nation from extinction and rejuvenating China shouted:
3. After the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895, the national consciousness of China people began to awaken generally.
Yan Fu shouted the slogan of "saving the country" in The Final Theory of Saving the Country, and Kang Youwei also asked the people of China to save themselves.
4. When Zhong Xing Hometown Association was founded, Sun Yat-sen shouted out the strongest voice of the times of "rejuvenating China".
In modern times, people with lofty ideals in China, with a strong sense of crisis and national consciousness, have been trying to save the country, revitalize China and explore ways to save the Chinese nation.