Chapter One Historical Background 背景介绍1
1.1 The Seclusion Policy 闭关锁国政策3
1.2 The Chinese-Barbarians Distinction 华夷之辨10
1.3 The Opium Abuse in the Late Qing Dynasty and the 19th Century Britain鸦片在晚清和19世纪英国的滥用14
Chapter Two Chinese Scholar Officials’ Response to the First Opium War 晚清士大夫对第一次鸦片战争的回应21
2.1 Wei Yuan and His Haiguo Tuzhi 魏源与其《海国图志22
2.2 Xu Jiyu and His Yinghuan Zhilue 徐继畬与其《瀛寰志略》29
2.3 The Response Difference Between China and Japan 中国与日本的不同反应36
Chapter Three Aisin Gioro Yixin and Zongli Yamen爱新觉罗·奕与总理衙门41
3.1 Yixin 奕42
3.2 Zongli Yamen 总理衙门44
3.3 Elements of International Law《万国公法》47
Chapter Four Tongwen Guan 同文馆57
4.1 The Establishment of Tongwen Guan 同文馆的建立58
4.2 William Alexander Parsons Martin 丁韪良61
4.3 The Curriculum 课程设置66
4.4 The Dispute Concerning the Curriculum 课程争议68
Chapter Five The Sino-Foreign Relations 中国对外关系75
5.1 Robert Hart 罗伯特·赫德76
5.2 Introduction of the British Civil Service System 引进英国文官制度78
5.3 Anson Burlingame 安森·蒲安臣82
5.4 The Burlingame Mission 蒲安臣使团86
5.5 The Chinese Exclusion Act 排华法案87
Chapter Six The Self-Strengthening Movement 洋务运动93
6.1 Military Training 军事训练94
6.2 Setting up Arsenals 建立兵工厂98
Chapter Seven The Translation Department of Jiangnan Arsenal 江南制造局翻译馆111
7.1 The Background 背景介绍112
7.2 Xu Shou and Li Shanlan 徐寿与李善兰114
7.3 John Fryer 傅兰雅119
7.4 Xu Jianyin and Hua Hengfang 徐建寅与华蘅芳122
Chapter Eight Young John Allen and Chinese Language Newspapers 林乐知与中文报纸127
8.1 The Background 背景介绍128
8.2 Chinese Language Newspapers in the Late Qing Period 晚清时期的中文报纸129
Chapter Nine Introduction of the Western Education System to China 西式教育引入中国145
9.1 The Background 背景介绍146
9.2 The Impact of Robert Morrison’s Activities on China’s General Education 马礼逊的活动对中国普通教育的影响150
9.3 The American Medical Missionaries 美国医学传教士154
9.4 The Medical Education—The Rockefeller Foundation 医学教育——洛氏基金会158
Chapter Ten Yung Wing and the Impact of Western Thought 容闳与西方思想的影响165
10.1 Yung Wing 容闳166
10.2 The Impact of Greek Thought 希腊思想的影响169
10.3 The Chinese Educational Mission 留美幼童计划174
10.4 The Impact of the Chinese Educational Mission 留美幼童计划的影响177
Chapter Eleven Yan Fu—The Chinese Enlightenment Thinker 严复——中国启蒙思想家183
11.1 The Background 背景介绍184
11.2 Translation of Thomas Huxley 翻译赫胥黎187
11.3 Translation of Adam Smith’s The Wealth of Nations 翻译亚当· 斯密《国富论》190
11.4 Translation of John Stuart Mill’s On Liberty and Montesquieu’s The Spirit of Laws 翻译密尔《论自由》及孟德斯鸠《论法的精神》193
Chapter Twelve A Comparison of Two Quanxue Pian 比较两部《劝学篇》201
12.1 The Background 背景介绍202
12.2 An Analysis of Exhortation to Study by Zhang Zhidong 张之洞《劝学篇》分析206
12.3 Fukuzawa Yukichi and His An Encouragement of Learning 福泽谕吉与《劝学篇》212
Chapter Thirteen Kang Youwei—The First Reformer in China 康有为——中国第一位改革家219
13.1 Kang Youwei’s Ideas 康有为思想220
13.2 Kang Youwei’s Theoretical Framework 康有为理论框架229
Chapter Fourteen Liang Qichao and His Reform Ideas 梁启超及其改革思想237
14.1 Liang Qichao’s Education Experience 梁启超受教育背景238
14.2 The Impact of Japan on Liang Qichao 日本对梁启超的影响240
14.3 Discourse on the New Citizen 《新民说》241
14.4 On Enlightened Despotism 《开明专制论》246