Who put forward the slogan of learning from foreigners to control foreigners?

The slogan of "learning from foreigners to control foreigners" was put forward by Wei Yuan.

Learning from foreigners to control foreigners is a famous proposition put forward by Wei Yuan in his book Atlas of Sea Countries. In this proposition, learning from foreigners is the means and controlling foreigners is the purpose. Through the proposition of "learning from foreigners to control foreigners", Wei Yuan definitely raised whether to learn from the "skills" of western countries to the height of defeating foreign invaders. He stressed that those who are not good at learning from foreigners should be controlled by foreigners.

This thought shows brilliant patriotism, and puts forward a new task of "learning from the West" to the people of China who are undergoing great changes. It occupies a very important position in the history of modern thought in China. In a practical sense, it was the forerunner of all westernization movements, even the reform and revolution of 1911.

This language comes from the original narration of National Ocean Map. Lin Zexu, Wei Yuan and other men of insight who took part in the Opium War "opened their eyes to see the world" dared to face the reality, acknowledged China's backwardness in military technology, and advocated learning from the West to safeguard national sovereignty and dignity.

About the author:

1 Life

Wei Yuan (1794-65438 April 23 +0857 March 26), a celebrity, was born in Simenmen, Longhui County, Shaoyang City, Hunan Province (formerly Jintan, Shaoyang County). Enlightenment thinker, politician and writer in Qing Dynasty.

2. Background

He was a scholar in the second year of Daoguang (1822) and in the twenty-fifth year of Daoguang (1845). Guan Gaoyou knew the state, abandoned the official and retired in his later years, devoted himself to Buddhism and passed on his dharma name. China's first batch of intellectuals who "opened their eyes to see the world" in modern times.

Step 3 advocate

Wei Yuan believed that the purpose of learning should be "to apply what he has learned", and put forward the idea of "turning decay into magic and facilitating people", and advocated learning advanced western science and technology. And put forward the idea of "learning from foreigners to control foreigners", which opened a new trend of understanding the world and learning from the West, and was an important symbol of China's thought from tradition to modern times.