ON the Positioning of Yan Fu in Chinese Thought History

Yan Fu is another milestone of Chinese ideological and cultural history of the development, following Kong Zi,and Zhu Xi.The development of Chinese thought and culture experiences two kinds of entirely different ways:Firstly,the innovation and the development,on the basis of Chinese thought culture tradition,such as Chinese Confucianism and Song Neo - Confucianism.Especially,Zhu Xi Neo - Confucianism creates the most exquisite and the most complete theoretical system of Chinese feudal society. Secondly,the extra culture becomes the China culture,such as Yan Fu promotes Western modern thought being Chinese,and uses the rational kernel of Chinese intellectual and cultural traditions,which is the core of the Confucianism,to explain western modern thought.Yan Fu is a truly modern thinker,Including landlord class thinkers(such as Zhang Zhidong) and bourgeoisie thinkers(such as Kang Youwei),Whose thoughts have essentially differences.The latter are the modern society's cultural performance,namelyWestern Exploitation on Chinese Systemview discussing,but Yan Fu criticizesWestern Exploitation on Chinese Systemtheory.Yan Fu is the Chinese first modern thinker.