清末民初,新思潮蓬勃兴起,封建社会几千年的传统文化,逐渐发生演变。反映在水利建设上,首先在治河防洪工程中出现了传统河工学变革的开端。为了实现这种变革,中国最早的“河工研究所”,作为兼有教育与研究双重作用的机构应运而生。 At the end of the Qing Dynasty and the beginning of the Republic of China, the new trend of thoughts was flourishing. The traditional culture of the feudal society for thousands of years gradually evolved. Reflected in the construction of water conservancy, the first flood control project in the river appeared the beginning of the reform of traditional river engineering. In order to achieve such a transformation, China’s earliest “River Research Institute” came into being as an institution that has the dual role of education and research.