严复是中国近代著名的翻译家,同时又是中国近代思想史上具有重要地位的思想家。在他翻译西方著作,向中国介绍西学的过程中,严复融会了自己思想,形成了自己的思想体系。特别是严复的自由观,对中国影响巨大。严复是中国近代倡导自由主义的第一人,被称为“中国自由主义之父”。 Yan Fu is a well-known translator in modern China and is also an important thinker in the history of modern Chinese thought. During his translation of Western works and introduction of Western learning in China, Yan Fucheng integrated his own thinking and formed his own ideological system. In particular, Yan Fu’s concept of freedom has a huge impact on China. Yan Fu is the first person advocating liberalism in modern China and is known as the “father of Chinese liberalism.”