“预备立宪”起点再探讨

清王朝在覆亡前最后几年所推行的“预备立宪”是中国谋求政治革新的开端，是“宪政”在中国的最初试验，在很大程度上影响了此后政治观念、政治建设的走向。厘清“预备立宪”的起点无疑是一个至为关键的问题，直接关系到我们对清政府宪政改革动机以及当时社会发展脉络的认知。然而，学界对“预备立宪”起点的认识并不一致。通过梳理当时的朝野政治倾向可以判定，清政府于1905年7月16日颁布派遣王公大臣出洋考察的谕旨实为“预备立宪”之起点。

Research on the Starting Point of Qing Dynasty's Preparing Constitutionalism

Qing Dynasty＇ s Preparing Constitutionalism is the original trial of constitutionalism in China, which showed the government＇ s endeavor of seeking political reform and largely affected subsequent political sense,political construction trend. Clarifying the starting point of preparing constitutional- ism is undoubtedly a very critical problem However,we do not have uniform cognition of this question. Through analyzing the political inclination at that time, the Qing government dispatching a commission investigating foreign politics in 1905 was actulaay the starting point of preparing constitutionalism.