军队近代化与晚清社会转型

Military Modernization and Social Transition in the Late Qing Dynasty

外来的军事压力和屡战屡败的屈辱,导致近代中国社会重心的倾斜,中国步入了以军事近代化为先导的社会转型之路。在这种社会转型中,军队作为社会系统不可分割的重要组成部分,必然由传统走向近代,实现自身的近代化。在社会转型背景下的晚清军队近代化也有其自身的显著特点和重要影响。

The military pressure from foreign countries and the insult from repeated war failures lead to the shift of its focus on its social reform, with the military modernization being the forerunner. As an indispensable part of the social system. It is inevitable to change from tradition into modern times and realize its modernization. Even under such background, it had shown its own remarkable characteristics and important influence.