光绪十年(农历甲申)是中国近代史上的多事之秋。这一年里,除了发生中法军事冲突之外,在清廷内部还有和战之争,甲申易枢,恭王下台,醇王执政,内政外交,事变迭出,真令人目不暇接。以至于当事人回首这段往事时,得出了“由是而有甲午朝局之变,由甲午而有戊戌政局之变,由戊戌而有庚子拳匪之变,由庚子而有辛亥革命之变,因果相乘,昭然明白。”①可见,甲申年乃是晚清历史上发生转折的重要时刻。 Ten years Guangxu (Lunar A Shanghai) is a multi-event in the modern history of China. During this year, apart from the Sino-French military conflicts, there were still battles between the two countries in the Qing court. It was dizzying that A-Shen Yi-shu, Prince Kung-k’ang stepped down, the alcohol king reigned, internal affairs and diplomacy evolved. As a result, when the parties looked back on these past events, they came to a conclusion that “there was a change in the situation during the Sino-Japanese War of Cairo and that of the political reform of Wu Xu during the Jiawu Period. Change, causal multiplication, plainly understand. ”① It can be seen, a Shanghai Niannian years is an important moment in the history of the late Qing Dynasty.