Yukiti Fukuzawa, a well?known thinker and torchbearer of important standing in Japan, was a vocal advocate of the idea of modernization and emulation of Western civilization.

• 福泽谕吉是日本有名的启蒙思想家,他提倡文明开化,主张学习西方文明,为日本的近代化发展摇旗呐喊,在日本享有重要地位。