《漫游随录》中所塑造的英国形象

The British Image Portrayed in Recording of Traveling

作为晚清最早以个人身份访问英国的近代知识分子,王韬在三年的时间内详细考察了英国的政治、经济、军事等各个方面,对英国形成了相当全面的认识,在游记《漫游随录》中塑造了一个真实可感的英国形象。可以说,王韬对英国的认识代表了当时国人对英国认识的最高水平。基于近二十年与英国传教士合作译书的独特经历,他深深意识到学习西方的必要性;正因为如此,在他笔下,英国被有意无意地美化成为一个理想国,其目的自然是为近代中国树立一个学习的榜样。

As the first intellectual who visited England indivdually,Wang Tao investigated every aspect of this country,such as politics,economy,military,etc.He composed a comprehensive image of England,which presented the highest level of the Chinese congition about England at that time.Because he had been translating works with the British missionaries,he realized the necessity to learn from the west.Thus England was portrayed as a utopia in his works:the model for the modern China.