江南自强军是甲午战争期间,由南洋大臣、两江总督张之洞建立的。自强军悉仿德制,驻防江南,对开化社会风气、加强防务起过积极作用,带有浓厚的“御侮”爱国色彩,是中国近代新式陆军的开端。一、张之洞创建自强军的动因甲午战争期间,张之洞在江宁(今南京)创建了江南自强军,究 Jiangnan self-improvement army was the Sino-Japanese War of 1894, by the Nanyang minister, Governor of Liang Jiang Zhang Zhidong established. The self-improvement of the military learned from Germany and stationed in the south of the Yangtze River has played an active role in opening up a social atmosphere and strengthening defense. With a strong patriotic patriotic spirit, it is the beginning of the modern Chinese modern army. First, Chang Chih-tung to create self-improvement force during the Sino-Japanese War, Zhang Zhidong in Jiangning (now Nanjing) to create a self-improvement Jiangnan Army,