张荫棠被称为外交良才。1906-1908年间,张荫棠任西藏地方重要职务并参与了对英的外交谈判,这使他对当时中国西藏的涉外形势有相当深切的感受,并形成自己的一些外交思想。这些思想体现在时局观、主权、外交理念与方法等方面。张荫棠的外交思想及实践,基于当时中国国力,具有现实主义的趋向。 Zhang Yin Tong is known as a good diplomacy. During 1906-1908, Zhang Yin-tang took an important post in Tibet and took part in the diplomatic negotiations with Britain. This made him feel very profound about the situation concerning the foreign affairs in Tibet of that time and formed some of his own diplomatic thoughts. These ideas are reflected in the concept of time, sovereignty, diplomatic ideas and methods and so on. Zhang Yin-tang’s diplomatic thinking and practice are based on the realism of China’s national strength at that time.