刘铭传是清朝台湾建省后的首任巡抚,他在任内所推行的新式教育如兴建西学堂、番学堂、电报学堂等,取得了明显的实绩并产生了深远的影响,揭开了台湾教育近代化的序幕。刘铭传新式教育的实施,固然有其主客观因素的促成,但从本质上说,是李鸿章等人倡导的洋务教育的一部分,在采西学、废科举、中体西用及建立新学等主张上,与洋务教育是一脉相承的,旨在培育一代新人,富国强兵,抗敌御侮,使中国自强自立。 Liu Ming Chuan was the first governor of Taiwan after the founding of the Qing Dynasty. The new education he promoted during his tenure, such as building the Western School, Fanxue Church and Telegraph School, has made remarkable achievements and has had a profound impact. It has opened the door to education in Taiwan in modern times The prelude. The implementation of Liu Mingchuan’s new-style education does have its subjective and objective factors. However, in essence, it is part of the foreign affairs education advocated by Li Hongzhang and others. On the proposals of adopting Western learning, abolishing the civil service examination, using Western education and establishing new education, , And Westernization education is the same strain, aimed at cultivating a new generation of wealthy, powerful and resist the enemy against aggression, make China self-reliance.