Yuan Shikai first won the trust of the reformists, which made them underestimate the seriousness of the situation and indirectly led to the rapid failure of the reform movement. Of course, the most fundamental reason for the failure of the political reform is that the Qing government has completely decayed.

The Reform Movement of 1898 was a patriotic reform movement, an important political reform in the modern history of China, and also an enlightenment trend of thought. This reform promoted ideological emancipation and played an important role in promoting the development of ideological culture and the progress of modern China society.

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The reform movement has the dual nature of saving the country and resisting the people's revolution, but the public proposition of reform has exerted great positive political influence. The most direct consequence of the failure of the Reform Movement of 1898 was that it intensified the process of political polarization within society.

This political reform aroused the political reaction of powerful conservatives in Qing Dynasty. Emotionally, they stubbornly adhere to the position that "the law of ancestors cannot be changed" A group of more fatuous and narrow "fundamentalist" conservatives entered the power center, further strengthening the irrational xenophobic forces that existed in the ruling and opposition parties. They are destined to become huge consumers of the remaining authoritative and legal resources of the Qing Dynasty.

The failure of the Reform Movement of 1898 made a considerable number of modern intellectual elites disappointed with the changes within the system and began to move towards the revolution outside the system. Since then, the "total revolution" has become an increasingly powerful political trend of thought. The possibility of the Qing Dynasty as the leader of China's reform will be more and more seriously challenged.