The New Policy Reform In The Late Qing Dynasty And The Eight Banners Society

For, in the New Policy Reform in the Late Qing Dynasty, it was difficult to keep going down for the corrupted Eight Banners system under the forcing of objective situation, the Qing Government has to improve it. The purpose of reform is to save the Eight Banners system that is close to extinct,on the contrary, it becomes as catalyst which accelerates the system to close to die rapidly, for propelling the disintegration of the Eight Banners system. The reform, therefore, has caused the enormous changes of the Eight Banners society in politics, military, culture, education and living, etc. Though the reform failed in abolishing the system of the Eight Banners because of the deficiency of the objective condition and subjective opposition of the Eight Banners society, it causes enormous changes which determines that it is impossible for the Eight Banners system to continue keeping going down.There are a lot of studies on the Eight Banners now days, but the study on the new policies'influence on the Eight Banners seems to be weak in the relevant latter stage of Qing Dynasty, especially on special study in the field. The essay checks up the first-hand information extensively, consulting former academic research achievements, by the means of the sociology principles to analyze the impact on the Eight Banners society of all measures of the new policies of latter stage of Qing Dynasty objectively, with a view to discover the orbit of development of history in the period.The essay consists of three chapters:Part one: Demonstrate the impact on the new policies'measures in military and education and banning on opium-smoking and the opium trade etc, describing the enormous changes in such aspects as military, education in Eight Banners society.Part two: Narrate the enormous changes caused by implementation of eliminating Man-Han distinction.Part three: Narrate the changes of the Eight Banners society when setting up factory, running a school, recruiting the strong and making one's own living etc.The essay administrates and dissects synthetically this theme of the influence on the Eight Banners in the new policies of latter stage of Qing Dynasty in the ending part.