《中西纪事》的时代特色与个性色彩

The characteristics of time and individuality of The Chronicles of the Relations Between China and the West

《中西纪事》的作者夏燮作为两次鸦片战争的目击者，在广泛搜集、认真鉴别史料的基础上，系统地介绍了１９世纪６０年代以前的中西关系，尤为详细地记载了两次鸦片战争的历史。体现了积极了解西方、反对侵略、反对投降等时代精神以及唯实是求、刚正不阿的著史风格。

As a witness of two Opium Wars, Xia Xie, the author of Chronicles of the Relations Between China and the West, made a systematic introduction of the relations of China and the West before the 1860s, with a detailed account of the histories of two Opium Wars on the basis of collected data with faithful interpretion interpretation and appraisal. The composi- tion of the book demonstrates the author's honest attitude to historical study with a personal inclination to understand the west, against aggression, against capitulationism.