清军在中日甲午战争中惨遭败绩的原因，已有不少论者从政治，经济，军事以及作战指挥等诸多方面进行了论述，取得了可喜的成绩。本文拟从战备角度作些探讨，因为中国在甲午战争中的失败，与战备的指导思想以及具体实践存有着严重失误，有密不可分的关系。一、战备指导思想方面 The reasons why the Qing army suffered a devastating defeat in the Sino-Japanese Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895 have been discussed by many commentators in many aspects such as politics, economy, military affairs and operational command. The achievements have been gratifying. This article intends to make some discussions from the point of view of combat readiness, because the failure of China in the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-18-18 was inextricably bound up with the guiding ideology of combat readiness and the serious mistakes in its concrete practice. First, combat readiness guidelines