I think reform is not as good as westernization. His method is not to learn the technology of westernization, but to change the whole system of the country. British constitutional monarchy changed the revolutionary situation by cutting Wang Gai. Japan is because the emperor has no power for thousands of years. It doesn't matter. But after the reform, he came to power, and the constitutional monarchy began only after the Second World War. China can't. The emperor has been in power for more than two thousand years. You want them to give up their rights? Impossible, so doomed to failure.
I have to say something about bourgeois revolutionaries: they are actually the first people to wake up, but they have money because they have money to study. They took advantage of the rich people's capital after the revolution. Their subconscious already knows the honor and disgrace, and feels that everyone should care about the country and the nation first like them. But there were 400 million people at that time, and more than 300 million people were poor. They are starving after years of war. What would you do if you let them fight you no matter what they eat tomorrow? Advocating the Three People's Principles all day after the founding of the Republic of China. What are the Three People's Principles? Nationality, civil rights and people's livelihood. He put people's livelihood last! Starving to death every day will never solve the problem of talking about any nationality. Since then, Sun Wen has no longer relied on other people's military strength. Later, warlords scuffled and talked about centralization! Among the 400 million people, less than 1 100 million people are popular, and 300 million people are starving to death, offending them. This sea of people tactic also failed.