落叶归根与落地生根--从容闳与留美教育谈起

容闳是真正的爱国者，有难以割舍的落叶归根情结，但因为当时的社会环境所致，最终未能如愿；不过。他又未能落地生根，这是由于他始终眷恋祖国的土地和人民。从历史到现实的发展眼光来看，落叶归根与落地生根的争论现在似乎已失去其原有的意义，但从历史与现实的联系中通过反思仍能得到启发。

Falling Leaves Settle on the Roots and Life Plant--Rong Hong and His Study in America

Rong Hong, a true patriot, has a strong feeling of falling leaves on the roots, but fails to have his will fulfilled because of the social situation at that time. Nevertheless, it is because of his sentimental attachment to the earth and people of his motherland that he cannot be a life plant. From the point of view of development, the dispute of falling leaves and life plant has lost its original meaning, but we can still get some inspiration from it by introspection through the relationship between the history and the reality.