We all know that the late Qing Dynasty was a very humiliating period in China's thousands of years of history, experiencing many wars, but all of which ended in the Qing Dynasty's ineffective resistance and then signed a series of indemnity and land cession treaties. From the opium war at the beginning to the Sino-Japanese war, to the eight-power alliance's invasion of China, the Qing Dynasty was crumbling in an environment of internal and external troubles. In many wars, the soldiers and ordinary people suffered the most, and it was once said that in the Eight-Power Alliance's invasion of China, the great powers invaded the Qing Dynasty, and the people were already in a state of insensitivity, some stood on the street to "watch the drama", and some worked for the invaders. Mr. Lu Xun pointed out the reasons to the point.
In the late Qing Dynasty, the inaction of the rulers weakened the national strength, and the people's lives were very difficult, and they thought that the rulers could formulate some measures or put into some specific actions, but they were disappointed. When the imperialist powers landed on the mainland of the Qing Dynasty, the people were expressionless and did not show a very frightened look. Some even carry items for the invaders, and it's the disappointment that leads them to do such things.
Cixi was one of the more influential rulers in the late Qing Dynasty, and she firmly believed in the strength of the Heavenly Dynasty, ignoring foreigners and blindly immersing herself in her own small world. In addition, Empress Dowager Cixi squandered wildly in the palace, and in order to hold her own birthday banquet, she did not hesitate to embezzle military funds, resulting in a tight war in the front, and finally losing a complete defeat, how could such an act not disappoint the soldiers, and how could such an act not be lost by the Qing Dynasty?
Although the Qing government was corrupt, it could not fight it, it did not admit its gap with other countries, did not humbly learn advanced scientific and cultural knowledge from other countries, and could only be eliminated in the end. This sentence fully pointed out the cowardice and incompetence of the late Qing government, resulting in a sick situation, in which the people were forced to help foreigners to work in this environment, and only then would they lose hope in the Qing Dynasty in order to survive.
The early Qing Dynasty developed very well in the hands of Kangxi, Yongzheng and Qianlong, creating a prosperous world, the surrounding countries have always worshiped the Qing Dynasty, are constantly sending emissaries to learn from the Qing Dynasty, day after day, other countries have their own unique good things, the Qing Dynasty still thinks that it is stronger than other countries, and even looks down on others, even if there are well-meaning countries to send advanced weapons, the Qing Dynasty is also locked in the national treasury, as cultural relics to appreciate, but do not learn from them to create, and eventually lead to forced to open the door.
Therefore, it is also reasonable for the people to be indifferent to the Qing Dynasty, and Lu Xun's words are even more to the point, and future generations must learn the essence from history, take history as a mirror, and not forget the national shame.