清末立宪中的满族因素

学术界关于清末立宪的研究,主要纠缠于其是否为骗局,但是这并没有揭示该问题的实质。对满洲贵族而言,其关心的显然不是君主立宪制与君主制孰优孰劣的问题,而是宪政对其权力构成的根本挑战。令其为难的是:不实行宪政,清政府将被推翻;实行宪政,根据代议制原则,其亦将失去对政权的控制。因此,面临现实的困境,满清政府只能采取拖延策略,直至被推翻。

On the Manchuria Factor of Constitutional Reform at the End of the Qing Dynasty

The academic study on the Constitutional Reform at the end of the Qing Dynasty focuses on the question whether it is a razzle-dazzle or not. However, the study cannot open out the true features of the reform. For the emperor and the Manchu nobles, they care less about which is better between absolute monarchy and constitutional monarchy but which is more propitious to their governing the state. The real trouble to them is that no matter what they choose they will lose the power. So the only way they can choose is Fabian strategy.