姚薇元先生在1959年“历史研究”12期上发表了“关于道光洋艘征撫記的作者問題”一文,对我所提出李德庵著之“洋务权輿”是“道光洋艘征撫記”祖本的看法,作了詳細指正,对我启发很多,但在一些具体問題上,我仍未能释然,袪疑务尽,提出来希望再就正于姚先生和讀者們。姚先生在文中談到:“我們应該考察这件史料的来源和流传的情况,还要审查史料 Mr. Yao Weiyuan published his article entitled ”Author’s Questions about the Describing and Writing of the Tao Kou Yang“ in 1959, ”Historical Research“ However, on some specific issues, I have not been able to explain it in a timely manner and I hope I can make further progress. On the other hand, Readers. Mr. Yao said in the article: ”We should investigate the origin and spread of this historical data, but also examine the historical data