1712 On June 28th, Jean Jacques Rosso was born in Geneva. His father Isaac Rousseau was a Protestant and watchmaker, and his mother Susan Rousseau, whose real name was Susan Bernard, was born in a priest's family. His mother died shortly after he was born, and Rousseau was raised by his menstruation.

1722, Rousseau's father had an argument with others and fled to Lyon to take refuge. Rousseau lived in his uncle's house, and later went to Bousse with his cousin, and lived in the pastor's house in Lamberchie, studying classical Chinese, painting and mathematics.

Rousseau's social and political philosophy pursues the highest goal of human freedom and equality. Rousseau believes that the core of social contract is the transfer of power. Rousseau's answers to key questions such as what to transfer and who to transfer are different from those of his predecessors: Hobbes demanded that all power except the right to life be transferred to the agent, while Locke demanded that only the property agency be transferred to the agent.

Literary achievements

Rousseau's contribution to literature is mainly reflected in his epistolary novel New Ai Luo Si Qi, in which Rousseau described beautiful rural scenery, local customs, free thoughts and romantic love, which greatly promoted the development of romantic novels in later generations.

The epistolary style has several obvious advantages: it is conducive to directly describing feelings and psychology; Things and events can be observed from many angles. As for the plot of the novel, it can be hidden between letters. This genre is not easy to grasp, or scattered, or the characters are the same. This book should be very good in these aspects, but there are also some problems.