陈虬是我国近代著名的改良思想家。他精通多门学问,著作颇丰,尤以《治平通议》为代表的社会改革思想最为引人注目。本文试对陈虬的生平及其《治平通议》作一简要介绍。 一、生平事略 陈虬,字志三,号蛰庐,1851年出生于浙江瑞安。他祖籍浙江乐清,先人在明代弘治、正德年间做瑞安三港幕吏,遂迁居瑞安,至陈虬已历十世,而他仍自称“乐清陈虬”。父亲陈振荣,以军功议叙六品衔。母亲邱氏,育有五子一女,陈虬排行第三。他们兄弟五人,友爱亲睦,又都有才学,“自相师友,皆薄有时望”,号称“五凤”。陈虬虽非书香门第,“祖父三代无知书者”,但兄弟之间互为师友的家庭气氛使得他自幼酷爱读书。13岁时父亲去世,仍未荒废学业,继续博览群籍。 1867年,17岁的陈虬参加县试,才华初露。礼部左侍郎徐树铭督学浙江,认为陈虬的答卷“恢怪奇 Chen Kui is a famous modern thinker in modern China. He is proficient in multi-disciplinary learning and has quite a long history of writing. In particular, the thought of social reform represented by the “Peacemaking Convention” has attracted the most attention. This article tries to make a brief introduction to Chen Bian’s life and his “Peace Agreement”. First, the story of life Chen Hao, word three, No. Zhelu Lu, born in 1851 in Zhejiang Ryan. His ancestral home in Yueqing, Zhejiang, ancestors in the Ming Dynasty Hongzhi, Masanori ruian SanGangGuanLi, then moved to Ryan, until Chen Xun has been ten, and he still claiming to be “Yueqing Chen 虬.” His father Chen Zhenrong, Syrian Army Syria six titles. Her mother, Khoo, has five sons and a daughter, ranking third. They are five brothers, friendly affection, but also have learned, “self-phase teachers and friends, are thin and sometimes hope,” known as the “Five Phoenix.” Though not a scholar, Chen Huan, “the grandfather of three generations of ignorant scholar,” but the brotherhood of each other as a mentor family atmosphere makes him a childhood love of reading. At the age of 13, my father passed away and still did not waste my studies to continue reading the group. In 1867, 17-year-old Chen Chen participated in the county trial, talent first dew. Li Shuming, left assistant minister of the ceremony Xu Zheoming inspected Zhejiang, that Chen Yong’s answer "strange recovery