在清政府新朝鲜政策形成和实施的过程中 ,驻日公使何如璋是一个关键性的人物。他的对朝外交思想和实践 ,直接导致了《朝美通商条约》的签定 ,从而对朝鲜乃至东亚的局势都产生了深远的影响。与此同时 ,何如璋的外交思想和清政府的新朝鲜政策 ,又具有介于传统与现代之间的过渡性特征 ,其成败得失都与此密切相关。 He Ruzhang, a minister in Japan, was a key figure in the formation and implementation of the Qing government’s New North Korea policy. His thinking and practice of diplomacy toward the DPRK led directly to the signing of the DPRK Treaty of Trade and Development with the DPRK and the United States, thereby exerting a profound influence on the situation in North Korea and even in East Asia. At the same time, He Ruzhang’s diplomatic thinking and the Qing government’s new DPRK policy also have the transitional feature between tradition and modernity, and its success or failure is closely related to this.