Similarities:

1. The way and nature of initiation are the same. They are all bourgeois reforms initiated and led by the feudal ruling class.

2. The research object is the same. They are all internal reforms on the basis of imitating Russia and Germany, two western monarchical and bourgeois countries.

The purpose of initiation is the same. They are all aimed at alleviating internal contradictions, learning advanced western technologies and production methods, saving the nation from peril and maintaining the dominant position of our class.

Before they started, their social backgrounds were basically the same. They are in a semi-feudal and semi-colonial state, oppressed by western imperialism, and all have great national survival crisis.

Difference:

1. The ideological basis and content of learning are different. Meiji Restoration advocated "leaving Asia and entering Europe" and totally westernized. The Westernization Movement advocated "middle school as the body and western learning as the application".

2. The initiators, supporters and backgrounds of the reform are different. Meiji Restoration was carried out under the consciousness of national crisis, and the reform was relatively thorough. It involves all classes and social strata. A new social class and social relations of production have been formed. The Westernization Movement was only the behavior of a few enlightened local officials in China. Its purpose is only to strengthen its own strength. Supporters and influence are relatively limited.

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