王韬的日本之行

• 作 者: 阚家安
• 机 构: 南开大学历史系
• 出 处: 历史教学
• 发表日期: 1995年08期
• 关键词: 王韬 近代中国 文化交流史 扶桑游记 中外文化交流 普法战纪 西书 海国图志 省轩 光绪十年

王韬(1828—1897年),江苏长洲(今吴县)人,是最早系统提出向西方学习,并致力于加强中外文化交流的先进中国人之一.1879年他应邀到日本一游,时间虽短,但在两国的文化交流史上却留下了一段佳话,被誉为“近代中国以名士身份东游第一人”.他本人也自豪称道:“两国相处三千年,文士来游自我始.”

Wang Tao (1828-1897), Changzhou, Jiangsu Province (now Wu County), was one of the first advanced Chinese systematically proposed to study in the West and was dedicated to strengthening cultural exchange between China and foreign countries. In 1879 he was invited to Japan for a tour. Short, but in the history of cultural exchanges between the two countries has left a story, known as “the first person to travel eastward to China as a celebrity in modern China.” He himself proudly praised: “The two countries get along for three thousand years, ”