伍廷芳长期在海外生活,其思想形成期是在英国及其殖民地香港度过的,因此其思想受西方文化影响甚深。他在英国受过三年法律教育,受西方古典自然法学派影响很大,所以他主张国民在法律面前人人平等,倡导三权分立和司法独立,认为私有财产神圣不可侵犯。这些思想在当时具有重要意义。 Wu Ting-fang has lived overseas for a long time. His thought was taken over in England and its colony of Hong Kong. Therefore, his thinking was greatly influenced by Western culture. He had three years of legal education in England and was greatly influenced by Western classical natural law schools. Therefore, he advocated that all citizens should be equal before the law, advocated the separation of the three powers and the independence of the judiciary, and considered the private property sacrosanct. These ideas were of great significance at the time.