鸦片战争以后,由于中国军队懦弱无力,屡次丧师失地。到19世纪末,中国已面临着被列强瓜分的危机。有识之士痛感中国军事之落后,纷纷主张改革军事。清廷为抗强敌计,编练新军。因军事人才匮乏,故派遣大批学生到外国留学。被派赴留学的国家有日本、德国、英国、法国、奥地利等,其中以赴日人数最多。而留日学生的绝大部分就读于日本陆军士官学校。 After the Opium War, due to the weakness and weakness of the Chinese army, mourning often lost ground. By the late 19th century, China was facing a crisis that was divided by the powers. People of insight are feeling the pain of China’s military backwardness, have advocated the reform of the military. The Qing court to fight the enemy, plan the new army. Due to lack of military personnel, it sent a large number of students to study abroad. Countries were sent to study in Japan, Germany, Britain, France, Austria, among them the largest number to Japan. The vast majority of Japanese students enrolled in Japan’s NCO schools.