Abstract: The article examines the role of the provincial governors and governor-general in the unfolding of the Boxer Movement. The author maintains that weakness of the central government and the strength of the provincial governments in the late Qing shaped the development and proliferation to the Boxer Movement. Furthermore, the attitudes and policies of the governors and governors-general in Zhili and Shandong also affected the central government decisions on handling the Boxers.

摘要： 义和团运动之所以能够席卷北方，震撼世界，固然有其深刻的社会经济和文化原因，但是，清政府决策的诱导也起着关键性的推波助澜的作用。然而，对此进行分析时，人们往往重视中央统治集团，忽视地方督抚对义和团的影响，其实，在枝强干弱的晚清，直隶、山东督抚对义和团的态度、政策不仅始终影响着义和团运动的发生、发展，而且也影响了清中央统治集团对义和团的决策。