Yuan Shikai’s "Memorial to Request an Immediate Solution"was brought out not on January 16,1912,a widely accepted date argued by Zhang Guogan,but before December 27,1911. After Tang Shaoyi resigned as the general representative for the Qing court to negotiate with the Revolutionaries,the National Assembly to decide the polity of the state and the government came to a deadlock. Then,Yuan Shikai soon proposed the Qing Emperor abdicate and his motion made obvious progress. During this time,Yuan’s repeatedly bargaining with Wu Tingfang on the issue of the National Assembly was no more than a performance to cover their real intention. However,because the proposal of the Qing Emperor’s abdication was leaked prematurely,the Qing court had fiercely reaction to this proposal. Thus,Yuan publicized the Memorial written a month earlier to expose the proposal for the Qing Emperor’s abdication to public view,so as to weaken the ground of those who supported the Qing government and the monarchy.