Three reasons for the failure of the Reform Movement of 1898

Three reasons for the failure of the Reform Movement of 1898 are as follows:

1, no real power

Although Guangxu was the legitimate king of a country at that time, we all know that the real ruler at that time was Empress Dowager Cixi. Empress dowager cixi is in charge of all major events in the DPRK, and there is no Guangxu affair at all. Therefore, the Reform Movement of 1898 presided by Guangxu, without the right to support it, seems to be a joke, especially this time it also harmed the interests of Cixi and others, so failure is inevitable.

2. There is no core concept.

Emperor Guangxu's reform and reform focused on drawing lessons from western capitalist thought and selectively combining it with Confucianism. Kang Youwei and others wanted to incite feudal diehard forces, but their reform ideas were strongly feudal, which virtually formed contradictory ideas.

3. There is no overall situation.

In the process of the Reform Movement of 1898, Kang Youwei and others only paid attention to western policies without considering what their own people needed, so they did not get the support of the people in the process of reform, so even without the intervention of Cixi, the reform would soon fail.

The influence of the reform movement of 1898 on later generations

The Reform Movement of 1898, as a modern bourgeois reform movement in China, is of progressive significance. Although it was strangled by Empress Dowager Cixi, it also laid the ideological foundation for the Xinhai Revolution that broke out after 13.

political economics

It promoted the self-reform of the Qing government. /kloc-Eight-Nation Alliance invaded in 0/900, and Empress Dowager Cixi fled to xi 'an with Guangxu, which taught Cixi a painful lesson. After the signing of the "Xin Chou Treaty", Empress Dowager Cixi ordered the implementation of the New Deal, including training the new army; Abolish the imperial examination and establish a school; Reward private factories; Reform the legal system; Send five ministers to study abroad and prepare for constitutionalism; Establish advisory committees, advisory groups, etc.

It aroused people's antipathy to the Manchu government and promoted the transformation of intellectuals from reform to revolution. After the failure of the Reform Movement of 1898, the number of people who supported Sun Yat-sen's revolution increased, and many intellectuals who had illusions about the Qing government turned to revolutionaries.

Thought culture

Promoted China's ideological emancipation movement. After the Reform Movement of 1898, the democratic trend of thought was fully developed. Set off a new wave of seeking the truth of saving the country from the west. After the failure of the Reform Movement of 1898, more young people went abroad to study, more western theories were translated into China, and China's ideological circle became more active.