From Loyalty to Support for the Republic: Feng Kuochang in 1911

After the outbreak of theWuchang Uprising, the political forces of all parties competed fiercely and fought against each other.The political situation was unpredictable.As a core member of the Peiyang Group, Feng Kuochang was a figure that could not be ignored in this political changes.On the front line of Wuhan, Feng Kuochang used force to suppress the revolutionary army and once opposed Yuan Shikai's North-South peace talks.With the changes in the current situation, Feng Kuochang's thoughts had also undergone a huge transformation from the main battle to the search for peace, and he had helped Yuan Shikai stabilize the political situation in the North and contributed to the realization of the Xinhai Peace Bureau.In the evolution of the Xinhai political situation, Feng Kuochang's attitude toward the Qing court, Yuan Shikai, and the revolutionaries had changed, reflected the complexity of individual choices in the Great Change Bureau.