志刚在《初使泰西记》中记述了美、法两国议会的职能范围、议事规则及其与最高统治者之间的关系等。但是,志刚依然是从“衙门”与“官员”的角度来理解议会的设置与议员的选举的,实际上,志刚将对西方文明的评判,置于中国传统文化的框架之下。因囿于传统的价值观“、道器观”和以中华文化为本位的思维方式,当他观察法、美等国的议会文化时,看到的却是中国古代的“圣人之道”和贤人政治的理想。 Zhigang described the scope of the parliamentary functions of the United States and France as well as its rules of procedure and its relationship with the supreme rulers in his book, “Early Assassination of Tacitus.” However, Zhigang still understands the parliamentary setup and the election of members from the perspectives of “bureaucrats” and “officials.” In fact, Zhigang places the judgment of Western civilization on the framework of traditional Chinese culture under. Because of his traditional values, Taoist philosophy and Chinese-based thinking, when he observes the parliamentary culture of France and the United States, he sees the ancient Chinese way of saint "And the ideal of sage politics.