HIST 80b Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Guangxu Emperor, Li Hongzhang, Meiji Restoration
20 Apr 2017
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China and korea in the late 19th century lecture. The meiji restoration was a revolution from above (tozama) that sought to overthrow feudalism and change the social mobility via industrialization. The country modernized and militarized as a means of protecting the state from foreign threats. The old order remained the same, but the government began to decentralize. The government preserved this order through a series of conservative reforms that encompassed the self . These reforms also sought to protect the country from foreign threats. Empress cixi, prince gong, and li hongzhang led the initiatives during the reign of the. The emperor died before he could fully take power over state affairs, and another child emperor took power the guangxu emperor. Throughout history, empress cixi has been depicted as wicked, reactionary, etc. by historians (though this view has changed in recent years). The military phase accompanied the shift from the banners to provincial armies that followed the.
