I don't know if you have ever thought about such a question, that is, when the Eight-Nation Alliance invaded China, the Qing Dynasty basically understood that the European powers were strong in the first place, but why were the Boxers "full of confidence" and used magic skills and broadswords and spears to fight against the powers, and what role did their struggle play? For more information on these issues, please take a look at the following article.
In 1884, at the Berlin Conference, 15 countries, including Britain, France, the United States, Germany, Austria-Hungary, Italy, Spain, Portugal, the Netherlands, Belgium, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, and the Ottomans, held a meeting to discuss how to divide Africa, and then Africa was divided.
The most famous outcome of this meeting was that the Great Powers granted Belgium the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) out of the consideration that "I can't get it and can't give it to other powers." After World War I, with the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) as a springboard, Belgium gained Rwanda and Burundi. I don't need to say much about what Belgium has done in these three countries, but if you are interested, you can search for the story of Leopold II that I wrote before.
In 1900, there were 15 countries involved in the partition of China, except for the Ottoman exchange for Japan, the others remained unchanged.
However, after the suppression of the Boxers, the commander of the Eight-Nation Alliance, Wadsey, came to the following conclusions, and when it came to the cause of the Boxers, Wadsey thought so.
In recent years, the partition of China has become a favorite topic of discussion in newspapers around the world, which has greatly stimulated the self-esteem of China's upper classes. In the end, European businessmen often tried to harm the Chinese in order to benefit themselves, and this kind of experience can make the Chinese always optimistic, as for the first and second priests, they are unscrupulous, and many priests do not know self-love, so there is no need to deny the doubts.
Wadsey believes that the elites of the Qing Dynasty are rubbish.
Four hundred years ago, Chinese culture was often superior to Europe in a number of ways. However, since then, it has become a sign of non-progress, especially for the great changes in the world caused by trains and ships, and has not been able to pay attention to it. And for centuries there has been no serious oppression by a foreign enemy, so that a people cannot be warned. All the upper classes, who have no idea of the state of the world, are only arrogant and blindly opposed to white people. As for the officials, they are filled with the atmosphere of corruption and have no spirit to speak of. On the royal side, it seems that it can no longer produce proliferating figures.
But the Chinese people are terrible.
In addition, there is one thing that should not be forgotten, that is, we cannot regard the Chinese masses as weakened or immoral, but in reality they are infinitely vigorous, and even more so industrious, thrifty, and clever in their unexpectedness, and law-abiding and easy to govern. Yu believes that the lower classes in China are far more healthy than the lower classes in most factory areas in China. If China is to produce a wise and bold figure as its leader in the future, and if it can make better use of the modern cultural methods that the world has contributed to and the other countries, then Yu believes that there is still infinite hope for China's future. If we observe the swiftness and success of the Japanese Restoration, this is a place that deserves our special attention.As for all of China's belligerent spirit, it has not yet been completely lost, and it can be seen in this "fist action." In the two provinces of Shandong, at least 100,000 people joined the movement, and their defeat was only due to poor armament, and most of them were not even firearms.
The Eight-Power Alliance felt that the Chinese were warlike barbarians, who dared to shoot foreign guns and cannons with large swords and spears, and that it was too expensive to rule, and Hurd, an important maintainer of the Qing Dynasty, said it more clearly.
Can military demonstrations continue until all existing and potential groups of civilians have been exterminated? But how can we wipe out China's 400 million people?Twenty million or more men, armed, trained, trained, and motivated by patriotic, even misunderstood, motives, will make it impossible for foreigners to live in China and will take back from foreigners everything they have taken from China.
Today's episode is not without significance, it is the prelude to a century of change, the main tone of the future history of the Far East; China in 2000 will be very different from China in 1900.
As long as the Eight-Nation Coalition continues to invade, China will have 400 million potential Boxers, and even if they all use big swords and spears, they will not be able to kill them all. Therefore, let the Qing Dynasty act as the commander of the land for the powers. To ensure the interests of the great powers in China, supporting the compradors is the best way out. If you directly suppress the Chinese people, you will not be able to finish the fight to death, and the little money you earn will not be enough for military spending. This is the role played by the Boxers, not to mention that the Boxers' resistance methods are fierce, and the robbers have all been killed at home, do you care what means of resistance I use?
Japan did not believe in this evil, and as a result, the compradors were forced to resist the Japanese, of course, this is a later story.
To learn more about the Boxer Rebellion, one cannot avoid the book The Origins of the Boxer Rebellion, which has even been regarded by some foreign scholars as one of the most inspiring academic works in the study of Chinese history in the past decade. It sets high standards for research, analysis, and interpretation. And, for many years to come, it will be not only the definitive work of the Boxer Rebellion, but also a model of a discreet, convincing, but remarkably revisionist history. ”
The Origin of the Boxer Rebellion shows the complexity of real history, provides a new perspective and method for analyzing complex historical events, and breaks the fascination of historiography with "origin idols"; It also presents the relationship between Western countries, missionaries and the Qing court at the end of the 19th century, as well as the real Chinese society at that time.
The word "Boxer" is not only a major historical event that changed the fortunes of the late Qing Dynasty, but is also used today to describe a social phenomenon that is prevalent in reality and on the Internet, and is becoming more and more intense. Bringing history into reality has naturally become an important function of this book.
Here, I strongly recommend Zhou Xirui's "The Origin of the Boxer Rebellion", which uses detailed historical materials to understand the origin of the Boxer Rebellion through the perspective of cultural anthropology. Click on the product card below to purchase the collectionOriginal creator: Xiang Tianying, the copyright belongs to the author, and this account (Xia Worm wants to drink ice) has been authorized. New Year's goods are not closed