严修是我国近代著名教育家,也是革新封建教育、推进教育现代化的先驱。他多年执掌中央和地方教育事业,曾推动清政府以经济特科改革科举制,还将贵阳学古书院打造成全国书院改革的前沿阵地。 Yan Xiu is a famous modern educator in our country and a pioneer in reforming feudal education and promoting education modernization. He has been in charge of the education at both the central and local levels for many years. He urged the Qing government to take the special economic reform of the Imperial Examination System and to transform the Guiyang Academy of Learning into a frontier position in the reform of the National Academy.