清代文化专制与鸦片战争前后中国政治思想的变迁 —以林则徐、龚自珍，魏源政治思想为例

Abstract

The cultural despotism of the Qing Dynasty suffocated progressive ideas, corrupted the “intelligentsia”, and hampered social progress. After “the Period of Kangxi and Qianlong’s Prosperity” vanished, the corruption of the “Heaven” and western aggression became increasingly intense, some people under the rule of the Qing Dynasty and the literati class began to change their style of study, paying attention to the social problems in reality. Lin Zexu, the representative of the landlord- class reformers, turned sight to the western capitalist culture, transmitted capitalist cultural information to the Chinese people at the same time, unconsciously sounded the death knell for the feudal society in China, and became the enlightenment of new ideas in the beginning period of modern Chinese times, brought about changes in modern political thought of China.