新评洋务运动

New Commentary on the Westernization Movement

目前学界对洋务运动的评价似已形成较为一致的共识,即虽然承认洋务运动在推动中国近代化和抵制列强侵华方面的积极意义,却仍认为洋务运动未使中国"自强"而破产失败了。实际上,洋务运动实现了自己的首要目的,开启了中国军事、文教和经济近代化,在抵制列强侵华方面发挥了重要、积极的作用,清朝抗击外来入侵终遭屈辱的本因不是洋务运动未使中国自强。因此,总体来看,洋务运动基本取得了成功。

At present it seems that the academic circles have reached a relatively coherent consensus on the evaluation of the Westernization Movement,namely,they admit the positive significance of the Westernization Movement on promoting Chinese modernization and resisting the aggression against China from big powers,but still think the Westernization Movement went to pot before it made China 'self-strengthening'. While,according to this article,the author believes the Westernization Movement achieved its primary purpose and opened China's modernization of culture and education,military and economy. At the same time,it played an important and positive role in resisting the aggression against China from big powers. In fighting against outside invasion,the basic reason why the Qing Dynasty ended up with being humiliated is not that the Westernization Movement did not make China'self-strengthening'. So,overall,the Westernization Movement was generally successful.