Imperial Problem

Japanese: 帝政問題 - ていせいもんだい

In the early days of the Republic of China, from 1915 to 1916, President Yuan Shikai attempted to abolish the Republic and restore the monarchy, but failed after 83 days. Yuan Shikai renamed the 5th year of the Republic of China (1916) the first year of the Hongxian era, and essentially acted as emperor, but did not officially ascend to the throne. What sparked Yuan Shikai's ambition was Japan's Twenty-One Demands. In the spring of 1915, faced with a wide range of demands that concerned the survival of the nation, the patriotism of the Chinese people was greatly inflamed, and movements calling for a boycott of Japanese goods, the use of domestically produced goods, and contributions to save the country were launched all over the country.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

中華民国初期，1915年から16年にかけて大総統袁世凱が，民国を廃して帝政を復活させようとし，83日で失敗に帰した事件。袁世凱は，民国5年(1916)を洪憲元年と改元し，実質的には皇帝としてふるまったが，正式即位には至らなかった。袁世凱の野心にきっかけを与えたのは，日本の二十一ヵ条要求であった。1915年春，国家の存亡にかかわる広範な要求をつきつけられて，中国民衆の愛国心は大きく燃え上がり，日本商品ボイコット，国産品愛用，救国のための拠金を訴える運動が各地で展開された。

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