近代向欧洲派遣留学生是继幼童赴美之后的又一次借异邦以育才的举动,其延续时间长,产生的影响也比较深远,在中国留学史上具有重要的地位.本文试图对留欧教育的发展轨迹进行一些探寻和审视,以期能对我们当前的留学教育变革提供有益的思路。一、洋务派借异邦以育才的思想和留欧学生的派遣 19世纪70年代,在西方资本主义列强的冲击下,清朝统治集团中的一部分人从巩固封建统治出发,掀起了一场以“自强求富”为主要目标的洋务运动。在这一过程中,洋务派官僚们经常为新式人才匱乏问题所困扰,深深感受到人才缺乏的不便和人才培养的重要性,以当时海军建设为契机,派遣留学生赴欧学习先进的军事技术,拉开了中国 The dispatch of overseas students to Europe in the modern era is another move by foreign children to the United States after the young children went to the United States. The continuation of the study has far-reaching consequences and exert a profound influence on the study history of China. Development path for some exploration and review, with a view to our current study abroad education reform to provide useful ideas. First, the Westernization School to borrow foreign ideas and educated students to stay in Europe In the 1870s, under the impact of the Western capitalist powers, some of the Qing dynasty ruling groups from the consolidation of feudal rule set off a “ Strive for wealth ”as the main objective of the Westernization Movement. During this process, the Westernization bureaucrats often bothered by the shortage of new talents and deeply felt the inconvenience of talent shortage and the importance of personnel training. Using the opportunity of naval construction at that time, they sent overseas students to study advanced military technologies in Europe , Opened China