长期以来,人们一直把郭嵩焘看作“洋务运动的理论家”,“洋务派内部的批评者。”通过对郭氏关于洋务运动以及中国近代化等问题的看法的分析,便会发现这一观点是对郭嵩焘思想的误解。一 19世纪中后期,“富强”成为进步知识分子和开明官僚的共同追求。洋务运动为富强的实现提供了一条途径。在19世纪七八十年代,当民族资本主义还处于幼芽状态的时候,洋务企业不管有多少应该批评之处,无可争辩的是中国近代化运动的象征。李鸿章、左宗棠、张之洞等洋务派领袖,不断实践并完善由他们开创的这种发展方 For a long time, people have always regarded Guo Songtao as a “theorist of the Westernization Movement” and “a critic of the Westernization Movement.” This point of view can be found by analyzing Guo’s views on the Westernization Movement and China’s modernization. It is a misunderstanding of Guo Songtao’s thinking. In the mid and late 19th century, “prosperity and prosperity” became the common pursuit of improving intellectuals and enlightened bureaucrats. Westernization Movement provides a way for the prosperity and achievement. In the seventies and eighties of the 18th century, when ethnic capitalism was still in its infancy, the number of foreign-funded enterprises no matter how much they should criticize. It is indisputable that the symbol of China’s modernization movement is indisputable. Li Hongzhang, Zuo Zongtang, Zhang Zhidong and other leaders of the Westernization Discipline are constantly practicing and perfecting the kind of development initiated by them