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签订《中英北京条约》,是27岁的恭亲王在国际舞台上的第一次正式亮相。面对着装备精良、人数众多的占领军,面对着处处故意怠慢自己的英国全权特使额尔金勋爵,这位年轻人从容不迫,应对自如。自从上一次鸦片战争(1840年)之后,20多年来,英国人似乎从来就没有对中国高级官员有过任何正面的评价。年轻的恭亲王令他们发现,中国除了充斥着大量颟顸、愚昧、贪鄙的干部之外,也有如此风采照人、作风清新的高官。遍阅史料,无论是当时的新闻报道还是时人的日记回忆,虽然将中国的各个方面都描
Signing the “Sino-British Treaty of Beijing” is the 27th year-old Prince Kung’s first official appearance on the international scene. Faced with a well-equipped and large number of occupying forces, facing the deliberate neglect of Lord Owel, the solemn envoy of Britain, the young man is calm and resilient. Since the last Opium War (1840), the British have never appeared to have had any positive appraisal of senior Chinese officials for more than two decades. The young Prince Gong made them discover that China, apart from a large number of cadres who are frivolous, ignorant, and greedy, also have such elegant and fresh style of senior officials. Throughout historical materials, both the news reports at that time and the diary memories of the people, although all aspects of China are described