1895年,严复在天津《直报》上发表了《论世变之亟》一文。在这篇文章中,严复指出:“夫自由一言,真中国历古圣贤之所深畏,而从未尝立以为教者也。”(《严复集》第1册,第2页)八年之后的1903年,严复翻译的《群己权界论》在商务印书馆出版。在“自序”中,严复写道:“十稔之间,吾国考西政者日益众,于是自繇之说,常闻于士大夫。顾竺旧者既惊怖其言,目为洪水猛兽之邪说。喜新者又恣肆泛 In 1895, Yan Fu published a speech entitled ”On the Urgent Need of the World to Change“ in Tianjin’s ”Direct Report.“ In this essay, Yan Fu pointed out: ”In a word,“ I am free to say that I really feel fear of the ancient sages in China, but have never tried to think of them as teachers. ”(Yan Fu Ji, No. 1, p. 2) Eight years later, in 1903, Yen Fu’s “Group of People’s Right Circles” was published at the Commercial Press. In “Preface,” Yan Fu wrote: "In the midst of a ten-year period, the people in our country who are in charge of examining Western politics are becoming more and more public. Flood evil beast of evil. Hi new and unbridled pan