盛宣怀东瀛访书述要

The Summary of Sheng Xuanhuai Book Purchase in Japan

清朝末年,随着有识之士睁开眼睛看世界的意识觉醒,以西学东渐为契机,中国藏书界兴起了一股赴日本访书的热潮,涌现出许多著名的人物。就访书成果而言,盛宣怀虽然不是其中最具成就者,却应该是最值得关注的人物之一。

At the end of the Qing Dynasty when there emerged a group of people of insights and ready to see the outside world as well as greeting the western learning, a trend was formed with many Chinese bibliophiles going to Japan to buy books. Among them, Sheng Xuanhuai was not the most successful, but definitely one of the most important.