袁世凯在朝鲜的外交活动述评

A Review ot the Yuan Shi-Kai＇s Diplomatic Action in Korea

袁世凯在朝连续平定了“壬午兵变”与“甲申政变”，对英、美、俄、日等国对朝鲜的侵略给予了一定遏制。这时袁世凯功名欲望急剧膨胀，在外交活动中过于自信和骄狂；对宗藩关系僵硬维持，而且忽略对朝鲜内政全面变革的支持，对国际形势没有以全面、求变的态度来应对，以致出现重大失误。客观上以李鸿章为代表的清政府统治者在外交上的失误及对袁的过分信赖，日本对外扩张步伐加快和列强争夺导致的局势恶化，使袁在朝外交活动终归失败。在朝外交活动失败对袁世凯晚期的政治行为及其心理起了极大的塑造作用。

Yuan Shi-Kai calmed down the＂Renwn Multiny＂ and ＂Jiashen Coup＂ when he stayed in Korea, contained the aggression of England, America, Russia, Japan at the same time. But it caused Yuan＇s offical sense expanding, made hime too serf-confident and arrogant in diplomatic acction. Since he preserved the suzerain-vassal relation rigidly, he ne- glected the overall reform on Korea internal affairs. Objectively, l_e Hong-＇Zhang, the representative of the Qing Danasty＇ s ruling class , made fault in diplomay , gave too much trust on Yuan, and when Japan quickened his aggression, and powers righted each other, it made the situations worse, caused Yuan＇s diplomatic action dose. The loss made a great afflunse on Yuan＇s political acction in his late times.