福泽谕吉(1835—1901年)是近代日本启蒙运动创始人,杰出的思想家、教育家。他一生积极批判封建主义思想,宣传西方资本主义文明,对推动日本社会从封建主义向资本主义转化做出重大贡献,被誉为“日本的伏尔泰”。 Yukichi Fukuzawa (1835-1901) was the founder of the Japanese Enlightenment Movement in modern times and an outstanding thinker and educator. He actively criticized the feudal ideology throughout his life and promoted Western capitalist civilization. He made a significant contribution to the promotion of Japanese society from feudalism to capitalism, and was known as “Voltaire of Japan.”