近代中英关系史上的小斯当东——《小斯当东回忆录》译后余语

Sir George Thomas Staunton in the History of Modern Sino-British Relations

小斯当东是近代中英关系史中最具代表性的人物之一,他的商人、外交使节、议员等多重身份,使得他的经历富有故事性。他于1856年完成的《小斯当东回忆录》极具史料价值。从小斯当东的履历、小斯当东与中国、小斯当东与《大清律例》的翻译、小斯当东的英国议员经历等角度出发,可以展现《小斯当东回忆录》一书的主要内容,并勾勒出小斯当东在中英交往初期所发挥的独特作用。

Being the most representativefiguresin the history of modern Sino-British relations, Sir George Thomas Stauntonis legendary for a number of faces, as a businessman, a diplomat, a parliamentarian and so on.His Memoirs,finished in 1856, is of great historicalsignificance.This papertries to show the main contents of Memoirsby describing his life story, such as his relationship with China, histranslation of Great Qing Legal Code, his identity of British parliamentarian and so on, and sketch his unique roleat the start of Sino-British exchanges.