清末成立的资政院是“预备立宪”的重要内容,也是立宪派活动的重要基地。因此,关于资政院的性质和作用,是应该重视研究的课题。一预备立宪并非建立在民主思想基础之上,而是基于“社会愤激情绪和革命浪潮的冲击”,为拉拢立宪派和缓国内革命浪潮作出的让步。而让步是有限度的,预备立宪谕旨中规定:“大权统于朝廷,庶政公诸舆论。” The establishment of the Yuan Zhiyuan in the late Qing Dynasty is an important part of “preparing for constitutional” and an important base for the activities of the constitutionalists. Therefore, the nature and role of the SCI should be emphasized. A preparatory constitutional amendment is not based on democratic ideas but is based on the “social anger and the impact of the revolutionary wave”, a concession to draw the Constitutionalists and ease the tide of revolutionary China. The concession is limited. The purpose of the preparatory constitutional decree states: “The plutocracy is in the court and public administration is publicized.”