1900年中华帝国的大混乱有一个显著的特点,即:帝国历史上几乎所有的“造反”都发源于南方,最近的一次便是发源于广西蔓延至长江下游广大地区的太平天国运动。而1900年的农民“造反”却发源于帝国的北方,蔓延的走向也是一直向北。当帝国的整个北方都已经混乱到不可收拾 The great chaos in the Chinese Empire in 1900 had a notable characteristic. Almost all the “rebels” in the history of the empire originated in the South. The most recent one was the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom Movement that originated in Guangxi and spread to vast areas in the lower reaches of the Yangtze River. In 1900, however, the peasants’ “rebel” originated in the north of the empire and the trend of spreading was always northward. When the entire north of the empire has been messy out of hand