Why did the Qing dynasty close its doors?

The reason why the Qing dynasty closed its doors to the outside world;

(1) At the beginning of the Qing Dynasty, the feudal natural economy was relatively stable. The rulers of the Qing Dynasty thought that China was rich in natural products and ubiquitous, and there was no need for economic exchanges with foreign countries.

(2) The rulers of the Qing Dynasty were worried that the territorial sovereignty of the country would be violated by foreign countries, and that the contacts between coastal people and foreigners would endanger their own rule.

In the twenty-second year of Qianlong (1757), the so-called "one-stop" trade policy marked the Qing government's thorough implementation of the closed-door policy. Prior to this, the Qing dynasty had implemented the policy of sea ban.

1。 If the maritime ban was the beginning of locking up the country, its original reason was to isolate the contact between the mainland and Zheng anti-Qing forces in Taiwan Province Province and prevent new anti-Qing forces from gathering at sea. According to historical records, some westerners directly participated in the military struggle between the Nanming regime and the Qing Dynasty, and Zheng Chenggong also sought help from the Tokugawa family in Japan. ?

2。 During Qianlong's southern tour, the policy of "one-stop trade" was implemented, and more and more foreign businessmen found trade and speculation-farming culture had always rejected speculative trade, and merchant ships were carrying cannons, which worried Qianlong very much; Frequent incidents involving China people in Nanyang (such as the "Red Creek Massacre" created by Dutch colonists in Nanyang Java Island) also aroused the resentment of the Qing government. Foreigners often commit crimes in places where foreigners gather, such as Macao, which annoys the Qing government, which has always hated judicial disputes. Therefore, after 1757 returned to Beijing from the southern tour, the policy of "one-stop trade" was implemented. The "Hong Incident" provoked by the British East India Company strengthened Gan Long's determination.

From the internal point of view, lock-up is an action of agricultural culture to exclude speculative trade; From the external factors, the existence of Zheng's anti-Qing forces and a series of foreign-related events are the incentives to lock up the country.

1. The reasons and main contents of the closed-door policy in Qing Dynasty and its influence on modern China society.

Reason:

1. The continuation of the feudal policy of attaching importance to agriculture and restraining commerce in China. The closed-door policy is the product of backward, closed and self-sufficient feudal natural economy. The feudal rulers were complacent and sleepy in this natural manor. They are ignorant of the general trend of the world and blindly reject all foreign things.

2. The arrogance of feudal rule in China. The feudal rulers of China have always had the traditional arrogant thoughts of "China is superior to the country", "barbarians are everywhere" and "China is everywhere, how to use external demand", which led them to ignore the existence of the West and think that it is no big deal to close the country, and it is also harmless to China.

3. The closed-door policy is the expression of the national narrowness of the rulers of Qing Dynasty. Due to the sharp contradiction and struggle between the nobles and the people, the rulers of Manchu tried to isolate the Han people at home from the outside world by "closing the country" to prevent foreigners from supporting the Han people to form anti-Qing forces.

4. At the same time, after the mid-Ming Dynasty, the Japanese pirates invaded the southeast coast of China and the western colonists colonized the East, which was also the objective reason for the Qing rulers to "close their doors to the outside world".

At that time, many remaining anti-Qing forces in the Ming Dynasty, such as Zheng Chenggong, were mostly driven to the sea. In order to maintain the dominance of the Manchu Dynasty, the economic ties between Zheng Group and the mainland were cut off. During the Shunkang period, the Qing government carried out a barbaric policy of prohibiting the border movement between the sea and the border.

Impact of closing the door:

(1) played a certain role in self-defense against the aggression of western colonialists.

(2) The isolation of China from the world, the failure to see the changes in the world situation and the failure to learn advanced scientific knowledge and production technology from the West in time made China fall behind in the world.