The Late Qing Dynasty Critical Theoretical Thoughts Of Despotism

China has experienced more than two thousand years of absolute monarchy, have been fully developed in a long historical period, China’s despotism, gradually formed a complete set of ideological and institutional system, to the late Qing period has long been entrenched. Despotism mainly for imperial supremacy,the royal minister Peel, respect Clan and learning ancient, not only in the political life, and has been widely penetrated into all aspects of people’s social life, and thus criticism of despotism is an arduous and long-term task.The late Qing dynasty, is the era of social transformation in China’s brewing, and to promote democratic political and social progress it is necessary to criticize the despotism. The progress of China’s intellectuals come to realize the absolute monarchy hazards, not only profoundly critical of the autocratic monarchy, but more in-depth critique of the theoretical basis to support despotism. The defeat of the Sino-Japanese War is painfully stimulated Chinese people’s thoughts, awakened people’s awareness of national crisis. After the Sino-Japanese war, hidden in the hearts of Chinese intellectuals the despotism discontent outbreak.Western-style democracy as a political system and ideological principles in modern times has been widely translating into Chinese, as the late Qing Dynasty when the deepened understanding of modern Western democratic ideas, and driven by the spirit of patriotism, the advance ddifficult to explore the road to reform. More than ten years from the Sino-between to the1911Revolution, is an important period of development of modern Chinese criticism of despotism, up to Ming and Qing critique of despotism on the continuance I, under prelude of the New Culture Movement. During this period, reformers and constitutionalists and the revolutionary party autocracy and despotism theory, a summary of discussion and criticism, has accelerated the collapse of the autocracy, and promote the development of modern democratic enlightenment thought, and promote China modernization process.