伊犁事件是张之洞参议外交事务的肇始。张之洞在伊犁事件中的言行反映出其早期外交思想蕴含着浓厚的儒家道德观念和近代外交意识的双重内容。这种集传统与现代于一体的外交思想不仅是西潮冲击下传统中外观念的嬗变,也是近代中外格局的大变动在外交领域的缩影。 The Ili Incident marks the beginning of Senate Zhang’s foreign affairs. Zhang Zhidong’s words and deeds in the Yili incident reflect that his early diplomatic thinking contained a double content of Confucian morality and modern diplomatic consciousness. This traditional and modern diplomatic thinking is not only the evolution of traditional Chinese and foreign ideas under the impact of the Western Conference, but also a microcosm of the great changes in the modern China and foreign countries in the field of diplomacy.