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.
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.
我已不再愿听老人的智慧 而宁愿听到老人的愚行 听到老人对不安和狂乱所感受到的恐惧。 ——T.S.艾略特 历史是一剂猛药。 当我在首图阅览室某个隐蔽的书架上偶然找到《停滞的帝国》时并没有想起这点,只是...
评分 评分“对于他来说文学是神圣的、纯粹的、不可侵犯的、完美无缺的又伟大崇高的。” ——朵拉·迪亚曼特(Dora Diamant) 1923年卡夫卡在波罗海边的厨房里遇到朵拉。他没有再返回布拉格,而是随着朵拉去了柏林,在她的陪伴下度过了生命的最后11个月。 到了1924年的春天,卡夫卡的...
评分在想该给这篇书评起一个怎样的题目,突然就想起了Hayek的那本书。 这是本老书,二十年前便引进了。观当年的学者言语,说道曾读过此书,自己便一直存了个念头就是找来看看。今年三联再版《停滞的帝国》,于是不费力地买来存读,这几天集中精力终于读完。 ...
评分马格尔尼满怀信心向天朝出发了,他的这种自信来源于对大英帝国实力的认识,他相信大英帝国的光芒已经照耀了世界上的每一个角落。同时,他自己拥有丰富的外交经验,他曾经是英国驻沙俄的使节,对于自己的外交才华他是自负的。毕竟任何一个国家同沙俄打交道,能不吃亏简直是妄想...
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