具体描述
This is the story of a failed attempt by the British, in 1793, to open the Chinese Empire to Western trade. Led by Lord Macartney, whose distinguished diplomatic posts included India and the Caribbean, the enormous British expedition of nearly 700 men included doctors, scholars, painters, musicians, soldiers and young aristocrats, and lasted more than two years, and its success would have redefined the history of the 19th and 20th centuries. The author has made use of a variety of sources, including, on the British side, the diary of the 12-year-old Thomas Stanton, son of Macartney's deputy, who was the only person in the whole English fleet who spoke Chinese, and, on the Chinese side, the newly discovered secret reports of the Emperor's officials, all annotated by the Emperor himself.
作者简介
Alain Peyrefitte (Najac, Aveyron, 26 August 1925 – Paris, 27 November 1999) was a French scholar and politician. He was a confidant of Charles De Gaulle and had a long career in public service, serving as a diplomat in Germany and Poland. He was Minister of Information from 1962 to 1966, establishing the rules of presidential debates between the two electoral rounds. He served as Minister of Justice from 1977 to 1981, and was involved in the affair surrounding the mysterious death of Robert Boulin in 1979. He became a member of the Académie française in 1977.
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天朝情结与大国意识 在1793年，法国进行的大革命为世人所瞩目，而同样在这一年发生的另一重要事件却很难吸引历史教材的目光，甚至很少被人们所铭记，它在我们的历史教材中几乎不会出现，历史教授们口中也不过偶尔说上一句：“马戛尔尼出使清朝”而已。...
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终于读完这本著作，本来想写一写自己对于佩雷菲特点题的“停滞”二字的体会，可是在写之前看了先前的许多评论以后，却又被大部分对这本书的评论所激起，想谈谈对评论的评论。 挑了一个对这本书“失望”的，http://www.douban.com/review/1224002/, 也许有一些代表意义。 读完...
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