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.
First, 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 Peace 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. Some of these changes have gone beyond the content of the reform in that year.
Second, it aroused people's antipathy to the Manchu government and promoted the transformation of intellectuals from reform to revolution. 1898 After the failed coup, 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.
Third, it promoted China's ideological emancipation movement.
(1) The theory of political reform is more deeply rooted in people's hearts. It is generally believed that there is no way out without change. Change is a common sense at all times, at home and abroad, and China should also undergo great changes and complete changes.
(2) Democratic ideas spread further. Reformists only dare to talk about "civil rights" and admit that the people have the right to participate in managing politics, but they dare not talk about "democracy" and refuse to admit that the people are the masters of the country and society. After the Reform Movement of 1898, the democratic trend of thought was fully developed.
(3) Aroused 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.
Fourth, it became a prelude to the May 4th New Culture Movement. After the Reform Movement of 1898, the cause of new culture flourished, and there was an upsurge in running schools, newspapers and publishing new books in China. During the Reform Movement of 1898, in order to "enlighten" the people, the reformists advocated the vernacular Chinese and the "novel revolution". After the failure of the Reform Movement of 1898, more vernacular newspapers and periodicals appeared, and more vernacular Chinese was advocated. In addition to the novel revolution, the reformists continue to advocate the revolution of poetry, music, thought, morality, religion and even history.