19世纪中叶 ,泱泱大清帝国两次败于名不见经传的泰西远夷 ,双方军事实力的悬殊差距、尤其西方现代科技的强大威力 ,促使部分开明官员与知识分子率先觉醒 ,产生并领导了谋求国家富强的因势变法思想与洋务实践运动 ,从而为中国的现代化迈出了富有实质性意义的一步 In the middle of the 19th century, when the Qing empire was defeated by the infamous Tai Xi, the disparity between the two sides, especially the power of modern Western science and technology, prompted some enlightened officials and intellectuals to take the lead in awakening, producing and leading Seeking the thinking of the powerful and prosperous of the country on the basis of changes in power and practice of the Westernization Movement so as to take a substantive step toward the modernization of China