Abstract: The modern concept of state is one of the most important concepts in the process of China to its modernization. Before and after the revolution of 1911, a new school system with a combination of newspapers and public opinions provided popularity of such a concept of with a strong support. Students in this process produced their admirations of some famous scholars in the late Qing Dynasty, and also developed a form of "foreign and Chinese debate" so as to affect their ideas in comparison. Thus, students' life world, knowledge world and even feeling world had significant changes during the period before and after the revolution of 1911.