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1840年,鸦片战争爆发,“英国的大炮破坏了中国皇帝的威权,迫使天朝帝国与地上的世界接触”[1]6。1876年,清廷派出了第一位与“地上的世界”接触的“天朝”代表,这便是中国第一位常驻西方的外交官——“出使英国钦差大臣”郭嵩焘。郭嵩焘(1818—1891),湖南湘阴人,平生主要做过两件大事:参与镇压太平天国,鼓吹兴办洋务并担任首位驻外大使。正是这后一件事,使得人们在“流转百世千龄后,定识人间有此人”[2]。
In 1840, when the Opium War broke out, “British artillery destroyed the sovereignty of the Chinese emperor and forced the Empire of Heavenly Empire into contact with the earthly world.” [18] In 1876, the Qing court sent the first and the earthly world “Contact ” Celestial “representative, this is China’s first permanent diplomat in the West - ” British imperial envoy “Guo Songtao. Guo Songtao (1818-1891), Hunan Xiang people, his life mainly did two major things: to participate in the suppression of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, advocated the establishment of Westernization and served as the first ambassador to China. It is this latter event that causes people to know this person after they have passed their ages. ”[2]