严复、何启二人 ,先后在 1 9世纪 70年代留学英国 ,留学的时间几乎同时。严复留学时间颇短 ,而何启时间较长 ,但似乎并无机会碰面。前者习海军 ,后者习医学及法律。回国后 ,二人有不同的事业发展。何启以香港为基地 ,施展其所学之长 ,服务香港社会 ,成为一位重要的华人领袖 ,对香港的民政建设 ,建树良多。严复毕生从事教育工作 ,并积极介绍西方的学术思想 ,成为近代中国最重要的启蒙思想家之一。他们二人有关中国近代化的改革蓝图 ,从提倡的初始即出现不同的取径 ,从而显示两种不同的近代化模式。严复认为英国的盛强 ,不在其船坚炮利 ,而在其学术之至真和风俗之至善 ,他深受斯宾塞学术思想的影响 ,视民质的提升为强国的根基 ,以自由主义的学术思想启蒙国人。力倡开民智、新民德、鼓民力 ,用渐进的方式使中国社会迈向文明进步 ,最终成功近代化。何启熟悉英国的政情 ,深叹其政制之美 ,视英国的强盛与进步之基乃其政治上的公平、自由和民主。力主中国应修明内政 ,引进英国各项先进的政经制度以为改革的张本 ,期望清廷通过政制的全面革新来实现近代化的目标。严复以西学来改造中国 ,取态是温和而缓进的 ;何启以西政来革新中国 ,取态是迅猛而急进的。 Yan Fu, He Kai two, successively in the 1870s studying abroad in the United Kingdom, study time almost at the same time. Yan Fu study time is quite short, but He Kai a long time, but it seems there is no chance to meet. The former Xi Haijun, the latter study medicine and law. After returning home, two people have different career development. As a base for Hong Kong, He Kai has exerted the best that he has learned in serving Hong Kong and has become an important leader of the Chinese people and has made a lot of achievements in civil affairs in Hong Kong. Yan Fu spent his entire life engaged in education and actively introduced Western academic thoughts and became one of the most important enlightenment thinkers in modern China. Both of them made a blueprint for the reform of China’s modernization and showed two different approaches to modernization from the initial stage of advocacy. Yan Fu believed that Sheng Sheng of the United Kingdom was not influenced by its strongholds, but was at his finest of academic and customs perfection. He was deeply influenced by Spencer’s academic thinking, Doctrine of academic thought Enlighten people. Efforts should be made to promote the wisdom of the people, the new people’s virtues and the power of the people in promoting democracy and progress of Chinese society in a gradual way and finally succeeding in modernization. He was acquainted with the political situation in Great Britain and deeply sighs the beauty of his political system. He regards the basis for Britain’s strength and progress as its political fairness, freedom and democracy. Main Power China should make clear its internal affair and introduce the advanced political and economic system of Britain into the present version of the reform. We hope that the Qing government will achieve the goal of modernization through the complete reform of the political system. Yan Fu learned from the West to transform China. His attitude was moderate and slow. He Kai-shek to reform China was based on Western policies. His attitude was rapid and radical.