在中国近代特殊的历史条件下,《天演论》作为一种时代变革的历史需求,为戊戌时期社会思想启蒙提供了坚实的理论武器。它所宣传的“物竞天择,与天争胜”等思想观念,成为近代中国人所普遍持有的进步主义信念的思想基础,对当时以及后世社会都产生了广泛而深远的影响。 Under the special historical conditions in modern China, as a historical demand for the reform of the times, “Evolution and Ethics” provided a solid theoretical weapon for enlightenment of social ideology during the period of Wu Xu. Its propaganda ideas of “natural selection and victoriousness with heaven” have become the ideological foundation for the belief of progressiveism commonly held by modern Chinese people and have a profound and far-reaching impact on the society at that time and later.