清政府面对鸦片战争后中国社会所发生的变化以及现代化的严峻挑战 ,没能够采取有效的回应措施 ,及时对其政治制度进行彻底改革。相反 ,作为一个国家政权 ,其变革功能、容纳功能的丧失及权威性和稳定性的丧失 ,致使其政治统治呈现全面衰败的景象。这种政治腐败不仅导致了清王朝的覆灭 ,而且也延误了中国的现代化进程。 Faced with the changes in Chinese society after the Opium War and the harsh challenges of modernization, the Qing government failed to take effective response measures and timely and completely reform its political system. On the contrary, as a state power, its transformational function, the loss of accommodating functions, and the loss of its authority and stability have caused its political dominance to show a general decline. This political corruption not only led to the collapse of the Qing dynasty but also delayed China’s modernization.