清末民权思潮的三种范式

Three Paradigms of Civil Rights in Late Qing Dynasty

在清朝末年的立宪和革命运动中,存在革命派、立宪派和清政府统治者三种重要的政治力量。其中革命派所关注的民权主要是民族的平等权和生存权;立宪派所关注的主要是社会上层的参政权;清政府所关注的是君主的大权不受损害,臣民的权利不过是君主大权的装饰品而已。

During the constitutional and revolutionary movement of the late Qing Dynasty, there existed three important political forces, namely, the revolutionaries, the constitutionalists and the rulers of Qing Dynasty. The revolutionaries fought for the right of ethnic equality and the subsistence rights. The constitutionalists were mainly concerned with the political rights for the upper class. The Qing government was preoccupied with defending the monarchy for which civil rights were but an ornament.