石瑛作为“湖北三怪”之一,他的“怪”很大程度上与其欧游得来的、浸入骨子里的民主思想分不开,这在他担任抗战时期设立于湖北临时省会——恩施的临时参议会议长期间及之后的相关文论中,表现得相当突出、鲜明。石瑛主张厉行地方自治,并在论述三民主义尤其是民权主义时指出,在抗战这一特殊时期民族独立问题民主问题都是中国人民奋斗的目标,且二者之间并不存在矛盾与冲突,而是相辅相成。这都是其民主思想的精髓所在。石瑛在抗战时期如此强调民权主义,究其原因,固然与其对孙中山的推崇有关,而其骨子里的民主倾向才是关键中的关键。 Shi Ying as one of the “three strange Hubei”, his “strange ” to a large extent with its European tour to come, immersed in the democratic thinking can not be separated from the bone, which he served in the War of Resistance Against Japan was established in Hubei Provisional During the period of the Provisional Senate Speaker of Enshi and the relevant literary works after it, the performance of the provincial capital, Enshi, was outstanding and distinct. Shi Ying advocated practicing local autonomy and pointed out in the discussion of the Three Principles of the People and democracy in particular that democracy in the special issue of national independence during the War of Resistance Against Japan was the goal of the Chinese people in their struggle and there was no contradiction or conflict between the two. But complement each other. These are the essence of their democratic thinking. Shi Ying so stressed during the Anti-Japanese Democracy, the reason, of course, with its respect for Sun Yat-sen, and its democratic tendencies is the key of the key.