监狱历来为中国士大夫所不齿。然而监狱作为近代西方文明之形象代表,直刺近代中国知识分子的心扉。“觇其监狱之实况可测其国程度之文野”~①。西方的近代监狱与清末监狱形成了巨大反差。鸦片战争之后,西人挟此作为久不弃领事裁判权之借口,“外人不受中国之刑章,而华人反就外 Prison has always been delusional for Chinese doctors. However, as a representative of the image of modern Western civilization, prisons pierce the hearts of modern Chinese intellectuals. ”The prison of the real situation can be measured in their country of the text field “ ~ ①. The western modern prison and the late prison formed a huge contrast. After the Opium War, Westerners relied on this as an excuse for not abandoning consular jurisdiction, ”outsiders are not subject to the criminal statute of China,