郑观应“以夷制夷”外交思想初探

On Zheng Guanying'Diplomatic Theory of "Play One Barbarian State Against Another"

“以夷制夷”的外交思想形成于古代,到近代被赋予了新的内容。郑观应是这一思想的积极倡导者。他认为在敌强我弱的情况下,要想在国际大家庭中争得一席平等地位,就得制定一种有效的方略。为此,他主张师夷“制夷”、利用列强之间的矛盾“以夷制夷”、利用国际公法以夷约制夷的外交策略。其主张有一定积极作用。

The diplomatic theory of“play one barbarian state against another”come into being in the ancientry, up to the latter - days, the theory was endued with new content. The reformer and ideologist Zheng Guanying was the exponential. He thought in the condition of the enemy was mightiness and we were infirmness, We must constitute an available policy in order to stay in the international world. Therefore, He claimed to learn from the others then restrict them;use other countries＇ contradiction to restrict them;use the international public law to restrict them. His theory was functioning.