Abstract: “New Academic Ideas” of the Constitutional Reform and Modernization of 1898 is the important mark of the transformation of Chinese traditional academic culture.The academic ideas of Kang Youwei thoroughly influence the content and the features of the times,and thus influence the national features of the transformation of contemporary academic culture and its trend of development.Only by acquiring a better understanding of Kang Youwei’s academic ideas and the features of New Academic Ideas of the Constitutional Reform and Modernization of 1898,can we understand and grasp the transformation of contemporary academic culture from the perspectives of nation and history.

Key words: Kang Youwei, New Academic Ideas of the Constitutional Reform and Modernization of 1898, academic ideas in the West, academic ideas in China