两面派行为,贯穿了袁世凯的一生。他靠耍两面派取得信任爬上高位,也因耍两面派而垮台。以慈禧为首的顽固派要利用天津阅兵的机会发动政变,废掉光绪,搞掉维新派。维新派为挽救危局,派谭嗣同去见袁世凯,想争取他对维新派的支持,扭转乾坤。谭问袁:“您认为皇上是怎样的一个人呢?” Two-sided behavior, throughout the life of Yuan Shikai. He gained the trust by playing both sides and climbed high because of the two parties. The die-hards led by Empress Cixi used the opportunities of the Tianjin parade to launch the coup d’état, annihilated Guangxu and removed the reformers. In order to save the crisis, the reformers sent Tan Sitong to Yuan Shikai and wanted him to win his support for the reformers and turn things around. Tan asked Yuan: “What do you think of the emperor as a man?”