机遇与权威——清末新政的“先天之痛”

Opportunity and Authority——“The Inherent Deficiency” of the New Policy in Late Qing Dynasty

清末新政是晚清政府发起的最后一场带有自救性质的改革运动。它的最终失败自然有多方面的因素,其中历史机遇的多次丧失和中央权威的急剧衰落,构成了清政府在推行新政过程中先天不足的软肋。

The New Policy which the Qing government initiated is a last reform movement for its own salvation. There are many factors for its failure. But the repeated loss of reform opportunities and the rapid decline of central government＇s authority finally become ＂the inherent deficiency＂ of the reform.