严复是近代中国向西方寻求救国救民真理的先行者之一。作为一名重要的启蒙思想家和翻译家,他翻译了多部西方学术著作。他把西方资产阶级的政治、经济等方面的思想介绍到中国,使自由、富强、科学的观念在中国不断传播,由此他被誉为中国“西学第一者”(康有为语)。本文从解读严复翻译穆勒的《论自由》(严复译为《群己权界论》)出发,来探讨严复的自由思想。 Yan Fu is one of the forerunners of modern China seeking the truth of saving the nation and saving the country from the West. As an important Enlightenment thinker and translator, he translated many Western academic works. He introduced the political and economic thoughts of the western bourgeoisie to China and spread the concept of freedom, prosperity and science in China. Therefore, he was hailed as the “first person of Western learning” in China. This article starts with the interpretation of Yan Fu’s translation of Muller’s “On Freedom” (Yan Fu translated as “group of self-rights theory”) to discuss Yan Fu’s freedom.