1904年,在中国国土上爆发了日俄战争,这次令国人再次蒙受耻辱的事件却意外地为中国改革的推进提供了契机。一个根本的原因是,实行立宪政体的日本打败了专制政体的沙俄。报刊利用此一机会大张旗鼓宣传民主必然战胜专制,呼吁政府变更政体。民众的爱国热情空前高涨,长期积压的危亡意识和变革要 In 1904, the Russo-Japanese War broke out in China’s territory. This event, which once again shamed the Chinese people, unexpectedly provided an opportunity for the advance of China’s reform. A fundamental reason is that Japan, the constitutional government, has defeated tsarist Russia in the form of an autocratic government. The use of this opportunity to promote democracy in a big way will inevitably defeat tyranny and call for the government to change the political system. People’s patriotic enthusiasm unprecedented rise, long-term backlog of the sense of crisis and change to be