Studies Of The Congress Petition Movement In Late Qing

Congress Petition Movement is an important event in late Qing Dynasty,which has influenced both the political situation of the late Qing Dynasty and the development of democracy in modern China.The conventional wisdom was that on the one hand,Congress Petition Movement was failed achieve its purpose,on the other hand, Congress Petition Movement had a positive and profound impact on spreading the democratic idea and accelerating the demise of the Qing government.However,the dissertation pointed out that on the one hand, Congress Petition Movement was not failed achieve its purpose because it made the Qing government to compromise,promised to shorten the duration three years to establish the Congress,on the other hand,the positive and profound impact of the Congress Petition Movement should not be overestimated. The dissertation pointed out that the Congress Petition Movement made the China society more be reduced to fragments.Furthermore,in the Congerss Petition Movement,it was responsible for the democracy is leaded in the wrong direction that constitutionalist asked to establish the Congress with the utilitarian purpose and they misinterpreted Congress theory.Both Qing government and constitutionalist were responsible for the failure of Congress Petition Movement.Zaifeng was incapable of taking strong decision and Qing government was corrupt and incompetent,which made Congress Petition Movement got out of hand finally.As for the constitutionalists,they considered the Congress as a tool which could establish a strong modern government all the time.Because of this,they thought that Congress had the efficacy of prosperity and saving the country.Constitutionalists had seriously neglected the personal rights.Moreover,it is harmful to the Congress that constitutionalists advocated Congress had the efficacy of prosperity and saving the country because the Congress had failed to achieve them.