今年第一期《邮电企业管理》杂志刊登了题为《质疑与思考》(以下简称《质》文)的署各文章,对中国近代邮政初期史志编写协作区第三次会议提出的:“中国近代邮政创办于1878年3月23日”的新见解提出了质疑。对此,我们表示欢迎,因为互相探讨,有助于学术研究的深入开展。同时,也提出几点不同意见,与作者商榷。一、《质》文第①③两条自相矛盾,且均与史实有出入。原文第①条断言是赫德“自行试办的邮政”,第③条又说是“李鸿章未经奏明皇帝批准就与赫德商妥试办的邮政”,两条说法互相矛盾,都不符合史实。赫德早有谋取中国邮权的野心,这是事实,但并非是他自行试办的。他在1886年7月17日写给葛显礼的第576号令里,追述拟议开办邮政的经过时,写道:“办理邮政的责任很大,政府没有批准,海关也不敢担承。”根据史料,赫德“远在1861年6月初次到北京时,已经提出照西方办法办理邮政。”而得到染指中国邮政的机会则是在1866年。据记载:“总理衙门就 The first issue of this year’s magazine, “Post and Telecommunications Enterprise Management,” published various articles entitled “Doubts and Reflections” (hereinafter referred to as the “quality” article) and put forward the third meeting of the collaboration area in the early days of post- China’s modern postal founded in March 23, 1878, “the new opinion questioned. In this regard, we welcome, because mutual discussion, contribute to the further development of academic research. At the same time, also made a few different opinions, to discuss with the author. First, the ”quality“ article ① ③ two self-contradictory, and both have different from the historical facts. Article ① asserts that Hurd ”self-proclaimed postal service.“ Article ③ also says that ”Li Hung-chang did not play the postal service with Hurd without the approval of the emperor.“ Both statements contradict each other and neither In line with historical facts. It is a fact that Hart has long ambitiously sought China’s postal authority but that he did not try it on its own. In his order No. 576, dated July 17, 1886, to Ge Xianli, he wrote: ”The responsibility for handling postal services is enormous. The government did not approve it and the Customs did not dare to take it.“ According to historical sources Hurd, ”far away from Beijing for the first time in June 1861, had proposed a postal treatment in the Western sense.“ The chance of getting a finger at China Post, however, was in 1866. According to records: ”The Yamen on the Prime Minister