慈禧在清末新政中起着主导作用,其改革意愿直接导致了新政的启动、开展及其转向预备立宪。在此过程中慈禧具有强烈地改变现状的心态,在这种心态下,她对新政和预备立宪采取了较多的支持,因而新政时清廷虽日益窘困,但改革却仍继续。 Empress played a leading role in the New Deal in the late Qing Dynasty. Its willingness to reform led directly to the initiation and development of the New Deal and its shift to preparatory constitutionalism. In this process, Empress Cixi had a mentality of strongly changing the status quo. Under such mentality, she took more support for the New Deal and for the constitutional constitutional reform. Although the Qing court was increasingly embarrassed during the New Deal, the reform continued.