日本自明治维新步入近代社会之后,重塑了自身的国际形象,一跃而为远东第一强国。这一巨大成功,令世界瞩目,也给近代中国以震动。日本人学习西方的卓越成效,激发了中国人学习日本的热潮。中国自进入近代社会之后,情况恰恰相反,经历了充满血腥与痛苦和矛盾的历程。深刻的内部衰败和外部危机给古老的中国以亘古未有的震撼。到康有为生活的时代,各种矛盾更加尖锐。当时中国所处的国际环境是,“俄北瞰、英西睒、法南瞬、日东耽”,列强正“磨牙涎石思分其馀”,中国则“孱卧于群雄中间,鼾寝于薪水之上”。国内的情况是“老百姓精华已竭,膏血俱尽坐而垂毙”。这种危急的社会现实,对康有为是一强烈刺激。从他感受到这种严峻现实的时候起,就开始了对其根源的 After Japan’s Meiji Reform entered the modern society, Japan reshaped its own international image and leapt into the number one power in the Far East. This great success has drawn world attention and shocked modern China. The outstanding achievements of the Japanese in learning from the West have stimulated the Chinese craze to learn from Japan. Since its entry into modern society, China has just the opposite situation and has experienced a process of bloody, painful and contradictory. Deep internal decay and external crisis have given the ancient China an unprecedented shock. To Kang Youwei’s life, all kinds of contradictions more sharp. At that time, China was in an international environment where “Russia’s northern view, western and imperialism, southern France and Japan were delayed. Above salary. ” The situation in our country is that “the essence of the common people is exhausted, the plaster is seated and the mortal discharge is done.” This critical social reality is a strong stimulus to Kang Youwei. From the time he felt this grim reality, it began its root cause