1905 in the Qing Empire
by Liu Qiang
About This Novel
Many events occurred in 1905, such as the end of the Russo-Japanese War, the boycott of American goods, the abolition of the civil service examination and the establishment of schools, and the establishment of the Tongmenghui by revolutionaries. The author believes that these seemingly independent events more or less, directly or indirectly, promoted the most important event of that year - the Qing court sent five ministers abroad to inspect constitutional government. The Qing Empire finally began to try to reform the most important and fundamental ancestral law-the autocratic monarchy. This was of epoch-making significance in Chinese history. The author proposes that China in 1905 was "moving towards constitutionalism" rather than having already "moved towards constitutionalism".
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