“三个代表”重要思想所依据的历史背景虽然具有鲜明的时代性,但它所揭示的执政规律及体现的执政价值无疑具有超越时空的普遍意义。如以“三个代表”为评价洋务派领导水平、执政能力的价值标准,则可发现洋务运动虽然在当时引进并发展了一些近代先进的生产力,但洋务派既不足以代表近代先进的生产力、先进的文化,也不足以代表国家、民族、人民的根本利益,因而其失败是一个历史的必然。 Although the historical background on which the important thinking of the ’Three Represents’ is based has its distinctive epochal character, the ruling law it reveals and the ruling value embodied in it undoubtedly have universal significance transcending time and space. If we use “three represents” as the value standard to evaluate the leading and governing ability of the Westernization School, we can find that while the Westernization Movement introduced and developed some modern advanced productive forces at that time, it is not enough for the Westernization School to represent the modern advanced Productivity and advanced culture are not enough to represent the fundamental interest of the country, nation or people. Therefore, its failure is a historic necessity.