ZhangJian’s polititcal pursuits included three aspects: promoting political improvements to make his country prosperous and powerful ;carrying out reform gradually; maintaining political stablity There were three motivations for these pursuits:the inspiration of patriotism,the drive of economic interests and the influence of social relations. The cornerstone of Zhang’s program was a constitu tional monarchy,which was undoubtedly an improvement, and therefore accorded with the demands of the times. However, Zhang could not overcome the limitations, of his class status, his knowledge and his personality,so his political in clination tended to be conservative and moderate ZhangJian’s polititcal pursuits included three aspects: promoting political improvements to make his country prosperous and powerful; carrying out reform sth .; holding political stablity There are three motivations for these pursuits: the inspiration of patriotism, the drive of economic interests and the influence of social relations . The cornerstone of Zhang’s program was a constitu tional monarchy, which was undoubtedly an improvement, and therefore accorded with the demands of the times. However, Zhang could not overcome the limitations, of his class status, his knowledge and his personality, so his political in clination tended to be conservative and moderate