魏源是19世纪的启蒙思想家,他主张读书治学均要以经世致用为本,强烈呼唤改革,以改变中国贫穷落后、被动挨打的局面。同时,魏源又是一个富于实际精神的人,对于涉及国家安全、尊严以及国计民生的重大问题,诸如禁烟、海防、治河、漕运、盐务、水利等,都提出了极有价值的对策与措施。 Wei Yuan was a 19th-century enlightenment thinker. He advocated that reading and studying should be based on the principle of “being practical and practical” and strongly called for reform in order to change China’s poverty, backwardness and passive beating. At the same time, Wei Yuan is also a pragmatic one who has put forward extremely valuable countermeasures against major issues concerning national security, dignity, as well as national economy and the people’s livelihood, such as smoking bans, coastal defense, water control, water transport, salt water and water conservancy. Measures.