战前中法越南交涉与曾纪泽的政策效应

Sino-French Prewar Negotiations on Vietnam Issues and Tseng Chi-tse's Policy Effect

1883年初法国撕毁《李宝协议》,扩大对越侵略,使中法越南交涉转入新阶段。面临危机,驻法公使曾纪泽积极主张"备战通商",加强中越协作,以有效地阻遏法国侵略势头,表现了新的策略思想,却遭到主张妥协避战的李鸿章的反对,致使清政府游移于两种政策之间,失去先机,付出了昂贵的政治代价。

In early 1883, France tore up Li Bao Agreement and upgraded its invasion of Vietnam. As a result, Sino-French negotiations on Vietnam Issues moved to a new stage. Facing the crisis, Chinese Ambassador to France Tseng Chi-tse suggested that China should prepare for the war and have trade relations with Vietnam, try to strengthen Sino-Vietnam cooperation, and thus to stop the momentum of French invasion effectively. His idea embodied the new thought on tactics, yet it was opposed by Li Hongzhang who insisted on compromise and avoiding war, causing the Government to vacillate between the two kinds of policies, lose the initiative, and pay expensively in politics.