Cai Xiyong,The Man of Action,and the Inspiration of His Westernization Practice

Cai Xiyong,a new style of intellectual graduating from Tongwen Translation School,was one of key members on the aids and staff of Zhang Zhidong.He actively participated in the Westernization practice launched by Zhang Zhidong,as he founded more than 20 westernized schools and enterprises.He was the one talent that Zhang Zhidong had perfect trust on.He contributed all he learned to the Westernization and devoted his own life to it.Cai Xiyong's practice of Westernization indicates one of the reasons leading to the failure of Westernization Movement,that is,the contradiction between the feudal management system and the marketization demanded by the running of enterprises.