CAJ | 학술논문

对古代中国而言，“选举”指的是以皇帝名义进行的某种选贤任能的人事制度；对古代西方而言，“选举”指的则是以不同阶级制度为基础的代表制度，其目的在于分享特定事务的决定权。在西学东渐的背景下，近现代中国的选举，在与以往的察举、科举制度存在根本性差异的同时，并没有完全脱离察举、科举制度的基本价值取向，反而在相当程度上受到这些传统的影响，并产生了中国近代选举中的民智、政纲和异见问题。
대고대중국이언，“선거”지적시이황제명의진행적모충선현임능적인사제도；대고대서방이언，“선거”지적칙시이불동계급제도위기출적대표제도，기목적재우분향특정사무적결정권。재서학동점적배경하，근현대중국적선거，재여이왕적찰거、과거제도존재근본성차이적동시，병몰유완전탈리찰거、과거제도적기본개치취향，반이재상당정도상수도저사전통적영향，병산생료중국근대선거중적민지、정강화이견문제。
The character of vote in Chinese means a kind of selecting system charged by the monarch in ancient China ; while the western meaning of the word is a kind of representative system dividing the decision making power among the different classes. In a background of Western Learning in China, the vote system involved the west- ern element and became fundamentally different from the old system named cha Ju and ke Ju. But to some extent, the value orientation of the two kinds of systems are the same, and resulted in several propositions of vote system, which includes the question on the intelligence of the people, the different ideas on the political platform and the attitude on the opposition ideas.