1840-50s, the Opium War and the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom broke out, which made Manchu nobles and Manchu lords who held the Eight Banners at a loss. Thousands of miles later, Emperor Xianfeng himself was forced to follow the example of Zhou Muzong and go out to "hunt".

Fortunately for the Qing court, the traditional concept of China Han scholar-officials "cultivate one's morality, govern the country and level the world" made Zeng Guofan and Li Hongzhang abandon their pens to join the army, consciously conform to the trend of the times, and practice "learning from foreigners to control foreigners", thus creating the first army in China history that was initially equipped with modern hot weapons-Yonghe Enlightened Prince Yi? Together, they saved the fate of the Qing dynasty. Later, Empress Dowager Cixi stepped onto the historical stage. Although the Western Empress Dowager was despised by later generations, she still had a certain historical vision. Although she failed to open the historical stubborn disease that was hard to return, and led the Xiang army and Huai army into the Qing court system, she supported the game. This power was successfully used, which made the last glory of China feudal society-Tongguang revival.

Compared with the Meiji Restoration in Japan, the status of Tongguang Zhongxing is dwarfed. For Tongguang Zhongxing, many people seem to be indifferent. In fact, there is another preconceived one-way comparative consciousness behind this view of history-comparing China's Westernization Movement with the Japanese Meiji Restoration, and rejecting Tongguang Zhongxing supported by the Westernization Movement because of the long-term and thoroughness of the Meiji Restoration. In fact, an accurate understanding of the historical position of Tongguang Zhongxing should be placed in a broader historical perspective.

"Sharing the same glory and common prosperity" is the most crucial factor for China to avoid national subjugation. At that time, western colonialists were immersed in the ancient eastern world, and most of the major eastern regimes had no choice but to spend it and became western colonies one after another.

The collapse of mughal dynasty in India and the direct colonial rule of Britain (1858), Britain's annexation of Myanmar (1886), the establishment of French India Federation (1887), the Philippines becoming a colony of the United States (1898) and Indonesia becoming a colony of the Netherlands (6544).

However, the decaying Sun Yat Sen survived because of the "revival of the same light". Although many people criticize the Sino-French Mawei naval battle as "unbeaten". But from another angle, we should face up to the reality that China defeated the European power French in the late Qing Dynasty, less than 20 years after the Second Opium War. This "victory" is an unquestionable historical testimony of Tongguang Zhongxing. While many neighboring countries have fallen, King China, who has long since gone "hunting", still sits firmly in the golden palace, which is the greatest contribution of Tongguang Zhongxing. In a sense, it can be said that "rejuvenating the country with the same light" is the most critical factor for China to avoid national subjugation, and its historical significance is far greater than the immediate Revolution of 1911.

"Tongguang Renaissance" provided a suitable historical soil for the Revolution of 1911. As we all know, any revolution must be based on certain historical conditions, and the historical soil of the Revolution of 1911 basically benefited from the "Tongguang Renaissance". Economically, on the whole, the period when China's early capitalism occurred and developed was decades of prosperity and prosperity; Ideologically, the spread of western learning from 1860 to 1900 was the main source of ideological enlightenment before the Revolution of 1911. In the social aspect, the 30-40 years' reform in Tongguang Zhongxing has greatly changed the closure and stagnation of China for thousands of years. After 1900, although China people can't fully support the revolution, they are no longer so stubborn and tough when accepting the revolutionary tendency and reality. At the same time, the growth of the local power of the Han nationality, represented by the Westernization School, and its increasingly obvious centrifugal tendency provided a strength foundation for the Revolution of 1911, which was both anti-Qing and anti-imperialist.

In a word, "Tongguang Renaissance" successfully resisted the tragedy of western powers annexing China with specific vitality and avoided the fate of the Chinese nation's national subjugation; The slow social change provided a suitable historical soil for the Revolution of 1911, which peacefully realized the superficial transition of dynasty replacement and social transformation. In addition, although it looks inferior to the Meiji Restoration in Japan, it also avoids the danger of militarism and lays a directional gene for the later historical evolution.