Origin: This was said by Wei Yuan in Qing Dynasty.
Wei Yuan introduced:
Wei Yuan (1794— 1857) is a famous scholar and modern enlightenment thinker in China. Daoguang Jinshi, officials know state affairs. He is knowledgeable and prolific in writing, mainly including Shu, History, Mo Zhen, Lao Zi's Original Meaning, Wu Sheng Ji, New Yuan History, Hai Guo Zhi and so on. Atlas of the Ocean is one of the most influential works and his representative work as a geographer. Ocean Atlas is rich in content, describing the geography, history, economy, politics, military, science and technology, and even religion and culture of all countries in the world, with maps of the world, continents and countries. It explored the road to becoming a powerful country in order to resist aggression, correct the current disadvantages and revitalize the national pulse. The viewpoints of "attacking foreigners with foreigners", "paying foreigners with foreigners" and "controlling foreigners with Shi Yang people" are put forward.
Wei Yuan's political ideas;
1, innovation and reform
Wei Yuan is a progressive thinker, historian and patriotic scholar who resolutely opposes foreign aggression. He actively urged the Qing government to carry out reforms, emphasizing: "There are countless laws that have been harmful for hundreds of years, and there are infinite laws that can benefit and avoid disadvantages, and they are not easy to simplify and be flexible." He focused on the reform in the economic field. Before and after the Opium War, he put forward some plans and measures to reform water conservancy, water transport and salt administration, demanding that the disadvantages be eliminated in order to benefit the national economy and people's livelihood and "the more ancient it is, the more convenient it is". These thoughts not only had progressive significance at that time, but also played a positive role in promoting the later bourgeois reform and reform movement.
2. Oppose aggression against China
Wei Yuan resolutely opposed the invasion of China by western capitalism and put forward anti-aggression ideas and methods. He has a certain understanding of the power of the people, which is consistent with Lin Zexu's view that people's hearts can be used, and puts forward the idea that "just people can be used". He was inspired by the anti-British struggle of Sanyuanli and Taiwan Province people. After Sanyuanli people beat the British invaders, he enthusiastically eulogized Sanyuanli people's anti-British struggle, angrily denounced the shameful behavior of the capitulators to clear the way for the invading army, and wrote in Atlas of the Sea. He also said that "Guangdong killed barbarians, and those who donated ships were righteous people", and "Taiwan Province smuggled two birds, and those who attacked barbarians in South Australia were also righteous people". He advocated using and relying on the people as the main force to resist foreign aggression, which was in sharp contrast with the reactionary policy of the capitulators that "protecting the people is better than protecting the bandits".
In order to effectively resist, he opposed "wave war" and advocated "defending for war". He summed up the experience and lessons of the Opium War and put forward the second strategy of self-defense counterattack: first, it is better to defend Haikou than to defend Haikou, and it is better to defend inland rivers than to defend Haikou; On the one hand, it is better to train sailors than to train local soldiers, and it is better to train water brave than to train water engineers. It advocates adopting the strategy of luring the enemy in depth and "setting a tiger to fish" to annihilate the invaders. This kind of local people who think they are familiar with the situation, give full play to their strengths and enthusiasm for resisting the enemy to organize anti-aggression armed forces and adopt flexible strategies and tactics, which is in line with the objective reality at that time and is completely feasible.