The Transformation of Cen Chunxuan from Approving Constitutionalism to Supporting the Republican
Abstract
Cen Chunxuan is an influential man of political field during the late years of Oing dynasty. This paper tries to research Cen Chunxuan’s transition from approving Constitutional Movement to supporting Republic, and analyzes the personal factors and social factors that affect his transition, and then makes an objective comment on Cen Chunxuan’s transition from approving Constitutional Movement to supporting Republic.
Taking the researches on the issue that Cen Chunxuan changed his mind from supporting the constitutionalism to approving of the republican, which will help us to have a further understanding the personal and social factors of the majority of governors backward revolution after the 1911 revolution, besides, it can deepen the understanding of the modern complex people in recently, and have a knowledge on the changing late Qing Dynasty’s polity.
Keyword: Cen Chunxuan, Constitutionalism, Republican, Transformation