郭嵩焘研究二题——从奏折、片“自记”谈起

Considerations in Guo Songtao Study:From Memorial to the Throne and Notes from Self-recording

郭嵩焘抚粤期间与两任总督毛鸿宾、瑞麟的矛盾冲突无法调和,直接责任主要在于总督,深层根源在于督、抚同城体制存在弊端。郭嵩焘的"循理外交"观,来源于对中西方实情对比后作出的抉择,来源于对国际公法了解认同后的具体运用,从对外交涉途径发挥了抵御外侮的作用。

The irreconcilable conflicts that Guo Songtao had with the two consecutive Governors of Mao Hongbin and Ruilin when he was the Xunfu official(Pacification Commissioner) in Guangdong were mainly and directly attributable to the then Governors. The deeprooted cause was due to the malpractices existing in the governing and supervising parallel system. Gu Songtao’s view of "rational diplomacy" originated from the choice he made in comparison with the situations in the East and West as well as the specific practice in his understanding of the international law, which in some ways played the role of resisting foreign aggression in the matters of finding solutions to diplomatic disputes.