1902, Liang wrote On the Prohibition of Early Marriage, emphasizing the necessity of reforming the old-style marriage system. Mr. Liang Qichao believes that China people's marriage customs must be improved, and the first thing is the reform of early marriage. Because early marriage is a deformed form of marriage in China, and this form of marriage is directly related to the quality of the people, the degree of social civilization, and the fate and future of China, Liang Jia clearly stated: "I am extremely talking about the harm of early marriage."
Mr. Liang Qichao analyzed the harm of early marriage from five aspects.
First, early marriage is harmful to health. Early marriage and childbearing will first destroy and damage the health of young couples, which is not conducive to health care. Liang said that young couples are too young to control their thoughts better. If we "make it a bed" at this time, it is often easy to indulge in temporary sensory enjoyment, which leads to the virtual victory of the body, even the terminal illness, and the premature death, which can only "sneak into the grave" and lead to the tragedy of "the middle road is closed".
Liang compared early marriage to suicide. He said, "Early marriage is a sharp edge for suicide." Extremely harmful. If this kind of wind is unchecked and allowed to spread, the consequence will be "if a person does this, he will become a basket case;" If a person becomes a country, it is a waste country. "Therefore, opposing early marriage and childbearing is very important to improve the physical fitness of the people.
Second, early marriage is harmful to the health of future generations. The theory of strengthening the country and protecting species is not only embodied in Mr. Liang Qichao's thought of women's liberation, but also runs through his theory of reform and reform, which is one of Mr. Liang Qichao's important remarks. After understanding Darwin's struggle for existence and natural selection theory, Mr. Liang Qichao applied it to human society, thinking that human beings, like nature, have the law that the strong survive and the weak perish.
If the Chinese nation wants to get rid of the oppression of other countries, restore its former glory and gain rise and development, it must first have good national quality and promote its own racial evolution. Therefore, we need to pay attention to physical maintenance from all aspects, get married before school age, and have a weak baby. Liang pointed out that the offspring of early marriage are physically weak and endanger the reproduction of the nation. This is because both parents are not mature enough to give birth to high-quality offspring. They think that "all countries have children born to parents who marry early ...".
Although Liang's theory is not based on accurate statistics, from the actual situation of population quality in various countries at that time, it is generally in line with the facts, especially for those who are married by close relatives and have children early. Liang was shocked that if measures were not taken to stop the practice of early marriage from continuing, the physical quality of each generation would be worse than that of the next generation. In the long run, "if a country's son is weak, its country will die."
Early marriage is not only harmful to future generations, but also harmful to the country and nation, which can not be ignored. From this, Liang concluded: "If you want to have a country, you must be able to start early marriage."
Third, early marriage is harmful to preschool education. Mr. Liang Qichao thinks that preschool education is the key to national education, so he attaches great importance to it. In childhood, the main object of study is parents. If parents can guide their children according to their own knowledge, it will be better to go to school in the future.
Most people who marry early are "ungrateful" When they got married, their minds were still immature and they were financially supported by their parents. How do they raise their children independently? This ignores children's early education, but the harm does not stop there.
Mr. Liang Qichao further pointed out that parents should never think that only their children are delayed, but should remember that children are the future and hope of the country and the rise of the Chinese nation depends on them. If they have no talent, how can the country prosper?
On the other hand, children's education is an important means of national education and an important condition for improving national cultural literacy, and early marriage destroys children's education. Therefore, Liang Rengong compared early marriage to "the destroyer of national education".
Fourth, early marriage is harmful to teenagers' education. Liang believes that according to the teaching requirements of European and American countries, it is a complete process for everyone to receive education from the time they reach school age until they finish college. In the meantime, it will take 16 years or 17 years, so that by the age of 23, people can realize their studies.
This age is the time for physical development and knowledge growth. Those who marry early are addicted to affairs and touching the bed, and they are tired of children at a young age. So even if they have talent and ability, they have no chance to develop their careers and can only do some ordinary work to support themselves. There are more and more such people, and the national qualifications are getting more and more humble.
Fifth, early marriage is harmful to national economic development. Mr. Liang Qichao pointed out that everyone should be self-reliant and not rely on others to live. Doing so can not only help his family economy, but also increase the country's resource wealth, so that the country's wealth can be abundant and its national strength can be strong.
Based on the above understanding, Mr. Liang Qichao put forward the idea of late marriage and suggested that young men and women talk about marriage after they are 25 years old. At this time, their bodies have grown up and their minds have matured, and they have initially qualified as parents.
Mr. Liang Qichao believes that you should not "talk about marriage" until you have the ability to work and live. People who marry early have children after marriage. In case they can't support themselves, they have to rely on their parents' help. At this time, they should do their duty to support their parents. Don't you know that many children and poor women, forced by life, are likely to go astray and become thieves. If so, it will become a scourge of social order.
In this way, the livelihood within the family is still difficult, and the country will not be poorer. In view of this, Mr. Liang Qichao put forward an important idea: the growth of national population should match the material wealth of society, that is, the population should not grow blindly, and there should be a vague idea of birth control.
Mr. Liang Qichao believes that the unreasonable old custom of early marriage must be changed to adapt to the development of the world. Therefore, he called on people in the whole society to care about and attach importance to women's issues, because it is related to the fate of the country and the nation, and also to everyone's happiness. Only by completely abandoning unreasonable old customs can the people of China stand on their own feet among the nations of the world with a brand-new attitude.