清朝晚期,清政府为了使中国成为世界先进国家,做了不少努力。从经济上的洋务运动,到政治上的预备立宪,从建工厂开矿业到废科举兴大学,再到官派留学生去喝洋墨水。当时,大清驻英大使曾纪泽在出使期间,看到西方国家在公共礼仪场合演奏国歌,甚为感动,觉得清帝国也应有本身的国歌,特地上奏并呈了一部《国乐草案》,但未得到批准。 In the late Qing Dynasty, the Qing government made a great effort to make China the advanced country in the world. From the economic foreign affairs movement to political preparatory constitutionalism, from mining construction industry to the abolition of science department Hing Hing University, and then to the official sent students to drink foreign ink. At that time, Ambassador Zeng Jize, the chief ambassador to the United Kingdom, was very touched during his mission to see Western countries playing the national anthem on public ceremonial occasions. He felt that the Qing Empire should also have its own national anthem, played a special “national music draft” , But not approved.