有关清代贪污的记述与研究在西方世界中并不鲜见。西方传教士和商人一踏上中国这块土地,与地方或中央政权相关机构直接或间接地接触后,贪污的研究也便开始了。在很长一段时间里,吏治腐败的政权、簋不饬的官员以及贪鄙成性的胥吏,便成了西方汉学界关于清代政治及行政管理研究? The account and study of corruption in the Qing Dynasty is not uncommon in the western world. As soon as Western missionaries and businessmen embarked on the land of China, either directly or indirectly, at the local or central level, the study of corruption began. For a long time, the corrupt government, the unruly officials, and the vile despicable clerks became the study of Western sinology about the politics and administration of the Qing Dynasty.