甲午战争之后,地处江苏沿海的如皋,在沙元炳等人的领导下开始致力于教育、经济、政治的近代化,同时全力支持南通张謇的教育救国、实业救国事业。如皋的近代化成为南通近代化历程的重要组成部分,也是江苏沿海城镇早期近代化历程的缩影。 After the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1800, Rugao, located on the coast of Jiangsu Province, started to devote itself to education, economy and politics modernization under the leadership of Sha Yuanbing and others. At the same time, it fully supported Nankang Zhang Jian’s education to save the country and the cause of industrial salvation. The modernization of Rugao has become an important part of Nantong’s modernization process and a miniature of the early modernization of Jiangsu’s coastal towns.