晚清政府对书籍的审查,就违禁书籍种类来说,大致有二:其一是传统意义上的、在各个朝代都广泛存在的,如淫书淫画、内容不实、激化社会矛盾和危害国家安全类书籍;其二是具有近代意义的、到晚清才出现的,如侵犯版权类、宣传维新思想和革命理论类书籍。清政府对违禁书籍采取严厉查禁政策,或禁售卖,或禁阅读,或毁版权。晚清政府的书籍审查,虽有某些积极因素,但总的来说,是对进步思想和进步言论的压制,是对人类进步的反动。 In the late Qing government, the censorship of books was broadly based on the types of books that were banned. First, there were two kinds of books that were banned in the late Qing period. First, there were widespread in all dynasties in the traditional sense of the word, such as prostitution and pornography, intensifying social conflicts and harming the country Security books; the second is the modern significance, appeared in the late Qing Dynasty, such as copyright infringement, advocacy of new ideas and revolutionary theory books. The Qing government imposed a strict ban on prohibited books, banned selling, banned reading, or destroyed copyright. Although there are some positive factors in the late Qing government books review, in general, they are a repression of progressive thinking and progressive speech and a reaction to human progress.