Who is the modern Japanese thinker who put forward the theory of "breaking away from Asia"

Fukuzawa Yukichi (183565438+1October19065438+February 3), a famous thinker and educator during the Meiji period in Japan, was the first president of Tokyo Bachelor's College. As the founder of Keio University, a famous private university in Japan, he was listed as one of the six great educators in Meiji. His portrait is printed on the front of Japanese bank notes D, 10000 yen (the largest denomination, 1984 -2004) and E, 10000 yen (used since 2004). think

A bust of Fukuzawa Yukichi. Fukuzawa Yukichi, located in front of the old library in Tami Campus of Keio University, mainly works against the identity system in feudal society. He attacked the tyranny and oppression in feudal times. Fukuzawa's attack on feudal autocracy and his affirmation of freedom and equality can be seen in the first sentence of the first article of his book "Persuasion", even if "Heaven does not create man above man, and Heaven does not create man below man". In the subsequent "Persuasion", he advocated modern ideas such as equality between men and women and freedom of marriage. In addition, he also absorbed the western social contract theory and proposed to make the power of the people and the government relatively balanced. This theory of balance of power embodies Fukuzawa's unique political idea and reflects that he did not completely copy the western political theory. In addition, Fukuzawa emphasized in his book Persuasion that "one's freedom and independence are related to the freedom and independence of the country". To achieve personal freedom and independence, we must have modern scientific knowledge such as mathematics, geography, physics and history. Fukuzawa Yukichi's representative language is "independent self-esteem", which became his name after his death. Fukuzawa was undoubtedly one of the highest-level spiritual teachers during the Meiji Restoration. His representative works are 17 "Persuading to Learn", "Autobiography of a Rich Man" and "On Deprivation from Asia". In particular, "persuasion" was almost available in Japan at that time.