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History of the Westernization Movement

Ding Xianjun

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The Westernization Movement was a reform movement launched throughout the country by the Westernization faction within the Qing government in the mid-19th century to "learn from the barbarians and develop skills to control them." During this reform movement, the Westernizationists actively established schools, developed new industries, and learned advanced foreign technologies in an attempt to enhance national strength, maintain the rule of the Qing government, and lay a certain foundation for China's modernization. This book is divided into ten parts. It not only introduces the historical facts about the occurrence, development, and end of the Westernization Movement, but also provides a detailed description of the historical facts that happened at that time that people are interested in, such as the Great Debate between Court Officials and Xinjiang Officials, the Battle of the Astronomical and Arithmetic School, young children studying abroad, etc. The author restores these events that have a profound impact on later generations one by one, allowing readers to have a more comprehensive understanding of this reform movement in the late Qing Dynasty. It provides a more comprehensive version of this history for contemporary readers to have a deeper understanding of.