"To Enlighten the Populace" and the views of Yan Fu on science

The catchword of To Enlighten the Populace is the stress of the public voice in the period of Wuxu,which showed the appeal the country and continue the people(Jiuwang Tucun) in education.In the view of Yan Fu,it is necessary for the Chinese learn the westen knowledge in order enlighten the populace,especially the scientific knowledge.And thus,Yan Fu's views on science,based on the thought of to save China in virtue of the education(Education saves the nation),is the very response of admiring the mightiness of the Westen.Yan Fu not only emphasized the study of scientific knowledge and introduction and exercise of scientific methods,but attached importance the cultivation of scientific spirits.What Yan Fu claimed just like the above shook the society in his times and still has the value for our times.