中日甲午战争爆发后,中国陆海军多次受挫。为挽危局,清廷重新启用已被罢黜九年之久的恭亲王奕訢。甲午战争期间,奕訢在处理中日交战、三国干涉还辽及护台的外交活动中,主要是乞求列强干涉之策,其对外的依赖,表现出奕訢在外交活动中的软弱与怯懦。软弱的根本原因是当时清政府政治体制的腐败,经济的落后,军事的废弛。 After the Sino-Japanese Sino-Japanese War broke out, China’s army and navy suffered many setbacks. In order to end the crisis, the Qing government reactivated the Prince Gong Yi-hsin, who had been suspended for nine years. During the Sino-Japanese War, Yi Xin mainly begged for the intervention of the powers during its diplomatic activities of dealing with the Sino-Japanese war and the intervention of the Three Kingdoms in the Liao and Protecting Taiwan. Its dependence on the outside showed Yi Xin’s weakness and cowardice in diplomatic activities. The fundamental reason for the weakness was the corruption of the political system of the Qing government at that time, the backwardness of the economy and the abolition of military power.