The Second Great Thing of China's Yangmu Movement

 The Yangmu movement has been underestimated in many ways, but... ...the last time I posted the North Sea Fleet's military prowess, as well as this international student trying to learn the West... ...the effort is formidable. I know that a large number of Japanese students went to Western countries after visiting Britain, France, and Germany in 1871. But China's efforts are no less... No, they're bigger. In the early days, China failed because its efforts were not welcomed by the domestic water polo pain and soon lost the Sino-Japanese War (the efforts were not very failed because they were the talents of the Republic of China), but it is wrong that Japan was steadily inherited and developed. The Chinese who wrote that book, they say that modern-day Japan is superior to China in Western culture, and China is a formidable force! Moreover, traditional cultural properties are no match for numbers! I want to make this argument... ...that is, I want to reverse the conventional notion of Japan's success after modernization and China's failure. At times like this, our Joseon...........................YES. Of course, China just imitates modernization like that, but its science and technology are way behind. I just have a lot of money. Japan has great science and technology skills, but it can never be guided by Western copy. But we can't give out business cards at all. Of course, there were many talented people in the late Joseon Dynasty. The problem is the commercial capital and awareness of Western culture to support it, the science and technology that have been handed down for hundreds of years (Western and Japanese, but we...) have no soil. ================================================== Source: The Dong-A Ilbo, "In the two years of 1880 and 1881, Yale Rowing Team won consecutive Harvard-Yale Rowing matches with the longest tradition among American universities." Looking at the record, it was a victory for Yale, which was not much. This victory was attributed to the helmsman Jung Won-Yao. The helmsman had to curse and speak loudly to the crew, but Jungwon Yao was only sitting on the boat in a very mature manner. When the instructor continued to say that the helmsman must learn to shout and swear, one day he suddenly shouted without any accent. "Hey, you punk! Hey, you punk!" The crew was puzzled and suddenly burst into laughter.》 Jungwon Yao was one of 120 young children aged 9 to 15 who went to the United States as state-funded students under the first early study abroad project conducted by the Qing government in 1872. The project at the end of the Qing Dynasty was an exceptional condition in which the government paid all expenses for food, clothing, and shelter for 15 years of studying abroad and appointed as a government official after returning home from school. The kingdom of Heaven, which regarded exchanges with foreign countries as "the whole world comes and inquires," pushed for such a project at the national level. Liu Yu, who left for the U.S. following a national-level study abroad project at the end of the Qing Dynasty, absorbed Western culture as well as Western advanced military power, science and technology for 10 years. They later played a major role in China's modernization. From the left photo, Yoo Jung-won Yao (middle row), a helmsman with his colleagues at Yale University's rowing team, and Yoo Jung-dong met again in China on Christmas Day in 1890. Photo courtesy of Sinibooks This project was an ambitious project planned and implemented by Longhong, the first Chinese student to study in the U.S., who graduated from Yale University, and they did not disappoint the expectations of the Qing government. A few years later, more than 50 of them entered prestigious universities such as Harvard, Yale, and Columbia. However, the project ended in 10 years in the face of strong opposition due to changes in the situation in China, and the students were summoned home during their studies. It was not what the Qing government had hoped for to become a rowing team helmsman like Jungwon Yao. Yoo Dong-deul took off his silk jacket, wore sportswear, cut his hair, and parted his hair. As the days went by, he fell into an exotic atmosphere, and some of the movements crossed dangerous boundaries, such as entering Jesuits. On their return to China, they were excited about the hot welcome ceremony, but had to feel despondent when they saw strangers looking at them without a smile. However, Liu returned from learning Western advanced military power and science and technology and contributed greatly to China's modernization. They opened China's telegram business, and the first railway built by China itself also began with them. Tang Shao-yi, who became the first prime minister of the Republic of China, and Tang Guoan, who served as the first president of Tsinghua School, the predecessor of Tsinghua University, were from Yumi Yudong. Jung Won-Yao, a former helmsman on Yale's rowing team, served as a diplomat for many years and was the first to drive a car in Shanghai. The book traces the stories of young students who went to study in the U.S. at the time and shows them vividly. The story was made into a five-part documentary on Chinese CCTV in May last year, touching Chinese people. The authors traveled around Hong Kong, Shanghai, Beijing, New York, Philadelphia and Austin to collect fragments of history and restore the mournful life of the fluid. This book also examines the history of the Yangmu Movement, which tried to promote China's self-strengthening by introducing Western modern technology in the late Qing Dynasty, and the deep concerns of the main characters who led the Yangmu Movement, including Jeung Guk-bun and Lee Hong-jang, who dreamed of reform. The comparison with Japan, a competitor who was running fast to introduce foreign cultural properties at the time, may be the real message this book aimed at. In 1871, a year earlier than China, Japan sent a large government inspection team to countries around the world, which included 50 international students. Japanese Emperor Meiji also personally sent a nine-year-old girl who was going to study in the United States. Where was Joseon at the time when China and Japan were rushing across the sea to accept advanced civilization? At that time, at the end of Heungseon Daewongun's 10-year reign (1864-1873), Joseon insisted on the policy of closing down the country and was building monuments throughout the country. '留美幼童-中國最早的官派留學生'(2004).