背道中的卫道：评述“东南互保”的爱国性质

“东南互保”是在义和团运动发展到高潮，帝国主义列强加紧对中国进行武装干涉和侵略的情况下，以刘坤一、张之洞为首的东南督抚与以英国为主的帝国主义列强，出于各自的需要而相互利用的产物。“互保”表面似为非法且与朝廷诏旨相抵触，但实质却与晚清传统的对外妥协、退让政策相一致。另外，“互保”并没有进一步的“丧权辱国”，相反，它在一定程度上还维护了国家主权，并且确保了江南地区的相对安定。可以说，“东南互保”在妥协中有抗争、在退让中有抵制、在离经背道中有其守经卫道的爱国一面。

Analysis of Patriotic Nature of"Southeast Mutual Protection"

＂Southeast Mutual Protection＂ is a term referring to the local provincial leaders such as Liu Kunyi and Zhang Zhidong, who compromised with Britain and other imperialistic big powers due to their own interests and needs under the condition that the imperialistic big power reinforced their armed interference in and invaded China on the pretext of the Yihetuan Movenment. ＂Southeast Mutual Protection＂ superficially illegal and conflicted with the central government of the Qing Dynasty, but in spirit, it was Consistent with the central government＇s foreign policy. ＂Southeast Mutual Protection＂, to some extent, maintained the national sovereignty and the social stability in the Southern region of Yangtse River. ＂Southeast Mutual Protection＂ had a double nature：resistance in compromise and boycott in concession and showed a patriotism in its superficially conflicting policy.