Re - Zuo Imperialism And Arrogance

In 1911, Xinhai revolution took place and overthrowing the 2000-year-old rule of the autocratic monarchy and establishing the republic of China. But Qing loyalists play a decisive role in the political arena, Zheng Xiaoxu is a representative of them. Research on his ideology can help us to know what the choice did Qing loyalists do and how they fell, during the period of social transformation. Born in a family of government officials, and accepted the education of Confucianism, Zheng Xiaoxu began to learn traditional culture when he was very young, and it made some ideas like loyal or righteousness deeply embedded in his mind. Further, this mind provide a spiritual support for him to be an loyalists after the Qing Dynasty been destroyed and enabled him to refused to go into politics in The Republic of China(ROC). However, in the last days of Qing Dynasty, Zheng Xiaoxu has also learn western politic culture, and appeal to constitutional monarchy. Since the Xinhai revolution, his politics altitude turned to conservative, and hostility to democracy. Then, no matter how the social situation changed, the conception of loyalty or the Perseverance on old order in Zheng’s mind had never changed. To achieve the goal of restoration, he constructed a theoretical system called “GongShiSanLun”, and hope Japanese invader can help him, stand in the opposite of the Chinese nations. The ideology named “Kingcraft” was the guiding principle in Zheng’s administration, when he became the prime minister of Manchurian government. This ideology comes from the Chinese traditional Confucianism, it contains many aspect, such as to improving self-cultivation, to governing the country, and planning a blueprint for the future world. However, there’s a considerable division between Zheng and Japanese invader, who is the backstage manipulator and the real control of the Manchurian government. The Kwantung Army was advocated another ideology named “emperor humanitarian thoughts”, in order to Strengthening the control of Manchurian, so they absolutely did allowed Zheng to practice his politic idea. What’s more, a more deeply reason for why “Kingcraft” cannot come true is that most of Zheng’s idea was already out of date, and didn’t adapt to the modern China. Gradually, Zheng came to realize that Japanese would not help them to restore the Qing Dynasty, but just regard Puyi and himself as puppet, since he failed in establish the monarchy, forced to sign the unequal treaty, and restricted by the Japanese invaders in daily some administrative affairs. Despite abandoned the purpose of restoration at last, Zheng never forget been hostile to The ROC. As the conflict between China and Japan became acute, Chinese nation came into the occasion of vital importance, Zheng was unrepentant and hope The ROC regime would been destroyed by Japanese invaders, then he can realized his ambition of Kingcraft. This is the reason that why Zheng Xiaoxu is always a traitor, no matter what the aspiration did he had.