清廷选择张荫棠查办藏事原因探微

A Research on the Reasons of the Qing Government Selected ZHANG Yin-tang Kang to Deal with Tibetan Affairs

张荫棠查办藏事在西藏近代史上具有十分重要的意义。清廷选择张荫棠前往西藏查办事件,有三个原因:其一,清廷在该时期对派往西藏的大员选拔思路已经转换,即选择具备一定外交才能与经验的人,张荫棠具备这一条件;其二,张荫棠在印度参与《中英新订藏印条约》谈判期间,对如何治理西藏向清外务部发表见解,他的这些对时势颇把握到位的筹藏观,对他后来的任命非常有利;其三,似与唐绍仪的推荐有很大关系。

It is of great significance in the modern history of Tibet that ZHANG Yin-tang was selected by the Qing Government to deal with Tibetan affairs, and there are three reasons why he was selected： first, in that period, the officials sent for Tibet by the Qing Government should possess the necessary diplomatic skills and experience, and ZHANG Yin-tang was qualified one; Second, Zhang Yin-tang once had participated in the negotiations of signing New Sino-British Treaty of India and Tibet, and he expressed his ideas of how to govern Tibet to the Qing ＇ s Department of Foreign Affairs. It became a very favorable condition to his later appointment; Third, TANG Shao-yi recommendation also attributed to ZHANG Yin-tang＇ s appointment.