光绪与慈禧之间的矛盾性质问题,长期以来,众说纷纭,莫衷一是。有两种说法流传甚广,一种是“母子间嫌隙”或“满洲家族的口角”说;一种是“权力之争”说。后一种说法,至今仍在中国近代史研究中有很大影响。有的著作把光绪在甲午战争中主张抵抗,说成是他“借抗战之名动用军队, The nature of the contradictions between Guangxu and Empress has long been divided into different opinions. There are two kinds of saying that are widely circulated: one is the “gap between mother and child” or the “mouth of Manchurian clan”; the other is “power dispute”. The latter argument still exerts a great influence on the study of modern Chinese history. Some writings advocate resistance during the Sino-Japanese War, saying that he "used the army by the name of the war of resistance against Japan,