使节眼中的西方法——法律近代转型的另一种视角

Western Laws in the Eyes of the Envoys ——Another View on Chinese Legal Modernization

伴随着鸦片战争的失败,中国结束了与西方相隔绝的状态。作为较早踏上西方土地的一批中国人,清政府派驻外国的使节在中西方的文化交流中起到了极为特殊的作用。他们对西方世界尤其是西方法律的直观感受,为我们提供了一个独特的观察中国传统法律向近代转型的视角。

After being defeated in the Opium War, China was not insulated with the western world any more. As the Chinese who landed on the western world early, envoys of Qing Dynasty played a unique role in the cultural exchanges between China and the western world. Their senses of the western world especially western laws provides a special view to watch the transformation of traditional Chinese laws.