| Abstract |
During the Late Qing Dynasty, the boom of an inspection of Japan was rapidly developed due to defeat in the Sino-Japanese War (1894-1895). It reached its peak on the back of Guangxuxinzheng (the new political reform of 1901-1911). The main purpose of the inspection was observe Japanese educational system. In this regard, this paper aims to deal with how YanXiu’s trip for observing and studying education in Japan influences the educational activites and contributions. YanXiu vistited Japan twice, one at his own expense, the other by government expenditure. The first time when he went to Japan was in 1902. He visited many schools and understood the morden school system effected in Japan at that time.After coming back to China, he founded schools in his homeland—Tianjin. And Yanxiu went to Japan again as the Zhili province government official in 1904. He tried to understand the school management deeply, associating with people from various fields, and made an effort to find out Japanese teachers suitable for teaching in Zhili. Finally, his contributions of founding schools and reinforcing the educational administrative system in Zhili was noticed by the Qing Dynasty. Thus YanXiu was selected for the senior vice minister of xuebu (the Ministry of Education) in 1905. He drafted the Jiaoyuzongzhi (the gist of education) and established the educational administive system which was practiced in China on the basis of deep understanding and experiences from inspection of Japan. In particular, Quanxuesuo regulations referred to Japanese local educational administive system. To sum up, YanXiu applied his experience to educational activites. As a result, he established schools in homeland and designed educational policies as a senior vice minister of xuebu. He palyed a vital role for promoting the modern education in China. |
