戊戌变法是中国政治体制走向现代化的第一次伟大尝试。从宏观角度看,虽具有明显的历史滞后性,但从微观角度看,又具有急于求成的冒进性。二者的矛盾关系不仅导致戊戌变法的失败,而且也折射出中国改革所面临的道德文化惰性和传统政治困境。 The Reform Movement of 1898 was the First Great Attempt to Modernize China’s Political System. From a macroscopic perspective, although it has obvious historical lag, from a microscopic point of view, it possesses the aggressiveness of pursuing success. The contradictory relationship between them not only led to the failure of the Reform Movement of 1898, but also reflected the moral and cultural inertia and the traditional political dilemma confronting China’s reform.