A brief comment on the slogan of "helping the Qing Dynasty to destroy the foreign countries" put forward by the Boxer Movement.
A: In the early stage of the Boxer Rebellion, the slogan "Help the Qing Dynasty to destroy the foreign countries" was put forward. This slogan inherited the simple understanding gradually formed by the people of China in their struggle with the church forces, and put "destroying the foreign countries" in the first place, which reflected that the contradiction between imperialism and the Chinese nation had risen to be the main contradiction in China society at that time. This slogan is patriotic and has played an inspiring and mobilizing role in the boxer movement and the anti-imperialist and patriotic struggle of the broad masses of the people. However, this slogan was not put forward by the Boxer Movement after a scientific analysis of the main social contradictions in China, but a primitive spontaneous understanding of the Chinese and foreign reactionary forces by the peasant class. "National subjugation and extinction" touches on the theme of national salvation in the times, but falls behind in blind xenophobia; Although "Fu Qing" has the meaning of patriotism and national protection, it confuses the concepts of "China" and "Qing Dynasty", thus covering up the elements against the feudal system. Reflect the vast number of small producers, they do not represent the new productive forces, can not break through the shackles of feudal imperial ideology, can only stay in the narrow thinking of defending the feudal country as invaded individuals. The slogan "Help the Qing Dynasty to destroy the foreign countries" played a certain role in the early stage, mobilized and organized farmers to participate in the struggle, strengthened the momentum of the movement, and influenced the policies of the Qing government to some extent. At the same time, this slogan also made the Boxers relax their vigilance against the Qing government in the struggle and failed to effectively guard against the Qing government, which led to a passive and unfavorable situation in the face of the sudden suppression of the Qing government.