| Late Imperial China is a multi-faceted campaign to self-help reform the Qing government imposed top-down, but also some intellectuals and gentry attempt by the success of the reform to achieve important practice national salvation national rejuvenation. It is the study of modern Chinese history not open around the topic, to China later have a major impact. The main contents of one of its political transition Qing government reform is both the most important content in Late Imperial period, but also its influence in modern China as an important part of the far and deep. The main contents of the Late Qing period of political transition there from centralized to decentralized local transformation, the transformation of modern political system, the initial establishment of a modern system of bureaucracy, the initial construction of four aspects of the modern state concept and form. The transformation results in terms of whether it is for or traditional Chinese Qing government are unprecedented in terms of changes, and thus has a profound impact. Late Imperial China is a critical period in modern political transition, the transition plays a connecting role throughout the transition process, the direction of its reforms to some extent represents the direction of China’s modern political transformation, represents the development direction of China’s modern history. Because of Late Imperial China this important role and status, it has considerable representation in the entire modern history of China, and therefore the power and the reasons for these reforms and development of China’s modern history motives have some comparability. But in Late Imperial ultimately ended in failure, its lessons have been become the focus of academic debate, but also on subsequent history has had a major impact on today’s reform and development also has a lot to learn from it. |