If teenagers all over the country are really full of vigor and vitality, then China, as a future country, will make great progress.
1. Source: On Young China by Liang Qichao. China, a teenager, said it was an essay written by Liang Qichao (1873-1929) at the end of Qing Dynasty, which was written in 19 after the failure of the Reform Movement of 1898. The article strongly praised the youthful vigor and pointed out that China under feudal rule was the "boss empire" and eagerly hoped for the emergence of "young chinese" to inspire the people's spirit. The article is informal and uses metaphors, which is highly encouraging. With a strong enterprising spirit, the author has placed his love and expectation for young chinese.
2. Author: Liang Qichao (February 23, 1873—January 19, 1929), with an outstanding character, was also known as Ren Gong, the owner of the ice room, the ice drinker, the mourner, the new citizen of China, the owner of the free house, etc. He was a native of Xinhui, Guangdong Province during Guangxu period of Qing Dynasty. Enlightenment thinker in modern China, bourgeois reformist politician, educator, historian and writer, and one of the leaders of the Reform Movement of 1898. In 189, he went to Beijing for an examination and failed. After joining Kang Youwei, he accepted Kang Youwei's thought and theory and embarked on the road of improvement and reform, which was called "Kang Liang". In the spring of 1895, Liang Qichao went to Beijing for the exam again, and assisted Kang Youwei in launching a joint petition for candidates in Beijing, in order to "write a letter on the bus". In 1898, Liang Qichao returned to Beijing to participate in the political reform. In the meantime, Liang Qichao was active, and many of his political theories began to have an impact on society with the help of early media propaganda. After the failure of political reform, Liang Qichao fled to Japan and introduced a large number of western social and political theories, which had a great influence among intellectuals at that time. Liang Qichao dabbled in a wide range of fields, such as philosophy, literature, history, Confucian classics, law, ethics, religion, etc., and wrote a wealth of works all his life. His Collection of Drinking Rooms has 148 volumes, accounting for more than 1 million words.
3. Appreciation: The Theory of Young China is one of Liang Qichao's representative works and a famous article published in Qingyi Daily at that time. This article has a great influence. It is a long political paper. From the standpoint of bourgeois reformists, the author makes a sharp contrast between China, an ancient feudal country, and young chinese in his mind. He strongly praises the young people's spirit of being brave in reform, encourages people to shoulder the heavy responsibility of building young chinese, and expresses their desire and enterprising spirit of demanding the prosperity and strength of the motherland. It is recognized as the most positive and emotional chapter in Liang Qichao's works, and the author himself regards it as his masterpiece of "opening a new body of articles and inspiring the people's dark tide"