论晚清地方洋务人才观

Principles of Cultivating and Selecting the Local Diplomats of the Late Qing Dynasty

鸦片战争后,面对新的外交局势,培养大量适应地方交涉事务需要的洋务人员成为晚清政府面临的重要任务。部分官员对此纷纷提出自己的见解,从而形成了内容丰富的地方洋务人才观。综合而看,地方洋务人才观包括选才态度、人员的素质要求、培养途径和吸纳举措等内容。在继承传统人才观的同时,又有新的发展,赋予其新的内容。在实施过程中,它是一把双刃剑,对地方交涉产生了正负双面的影响。

After the Opium War, in the new diplomatic situation, cultivating and selecting a great number of local diplomats becomes urgent for the late Qing Dynasty. Many of the high officials put forward their suggestions and ideas, which formed profuse principles of selecting local diplomats. In general, the principles include： selecting attitude, quality request, cultivating approach and employing measures. While the traditional principles are carried on, new contents are added. They are two-bladed and have positive and negative effects on the local diplomacy.