袁世凯是辛亥革命的“共和元勋”吗?

Is Yuan Shi-kai the Father of the 1911 Revolution?

改革开放后,袁世凯研究快速走上了实事求是的科学道路。但是,也存在一些不尽如人意的地方,有研究者把袁世凯捧成辛亥革命的"共和元勋",认为他不是"伺机而出"的"阴谋家","养寇"也只是为了实行"宪政"。他还承担起了"终结帝制的使命",又是一个坚守"道德"底线的人,并不存在"逼宫"的问题。这些理由,不但方法上犯了割断历史、自相矛盾的常识性错误,也无真实可靠的事实依据,没有一条是站得住的。事实再一次证明,历史不是任人打扮的小姑娘,历史是客观存在,无人可以随意改变。

The studies on Yuan Shi - kai embarked on a scientific path of seeking truth from facts, but there still exist some deficiencies. Some scholars think that Yuan Shi - kai was not a conspirator but the father of the 1911 Revolution as well as the terminator of the feudal society. He did not force the emperor to abdicate for he was a man with his own moral bottom line. These opinions are unreal, unreliable and completely wrong. Fact proves that history is an objective existence, and none can change at will.