晚清军队私人化问题研究述评

A Comment on the Study of Military Privatization of Late Qing Dynasty

自鸦片战争以来,近代中国便开启了军队现代化的进程,但晚清时期的军队现代化进行得并不顺利,其中一个重要原因就是军队私人化问题。军队私人化使国家治理体系和治理能力现代化不断弱化,最终瓦解了国家权力,形成军阀割据的混乱局面。学术界对此已有关注且成果丰硕。本文将回顾关于晚清军队私人化问题的研究历史,并对当前学界的主要成果予以述评。

From the Opium War, military modernization began to come into being in neoteric China. However, it did not develop smoothly as expected. One of the most important reasons is military privatization. The military privatization kept weakening the national governance system and the modernization of its governance ability. In the end, the national authority collapsed and the warlord of chaos situation appeared. In academia, there are lots of achievement focusing on this issue. This paper views back the history of the study on military privatization of late Qing Dynasty and comments on the main achievements.