近代中国“宪政”:一个煽情的伪命题

Constitutionalism:an Inciting Utopian Thesis in Old China

宪政的终极价值在于保障人权,属于自由主义的范畴。近代中国没有存在过真正意义上的宪政。清末立宪是要借宪政之名分,维系大清国的皇统;民国时期的宪政沦为革命家和军阀政客的工具。而且,无论从宪政的历史发端还是本土的经济、社会、文化资源来看,近代中国甚至根本没有宪政的客观需求,所谓的宪政,只不过是一个煽情的伪命题。

Constitutionalism belongs in the field of Liberalism.The ultimate value of constitutionalism is safeguarding human rights.During the past century,real constitutional government never appeared in china.The constitutionalism movement in Late Qing Dynasty aimed at preserving the feudal dynasty system.The constitutionalism in 'Republic of China period' actually turned into tools of revolutionaries or war lords.According to the economy,society and cultural environment,China has never emerged an objective requirement of constitutionalism in its past century.In fact,the so-called 'Chinese constitutionalism in a century' is only an inciting utopian thesis.