British Concept Of The Late Qing Literati

Ancient Greek scholar Pythagoras in the6th century B·C, first proposed the"Earth" concept, Age of Discovery, between1519and1522Magellan’s fleet for thefirst time in human history to complete the voyage around the world. The human whoLive on Earth between the East and the West, for a long period of time, eventuallytouched each other. Before the Opium War, the Chinese people began tryingknowledge and understanding of the United Kingdom. Until today, nearly200years,people gradually formed a different view British impression.This thesis discusses the late Qing Dynasty Chinese literati class British conceptfrom the historical background, political, economic, legal, habits, social psychology,ethics, customs, and other aspects of the Sino-British diplomacy, the Chinese people’simage of the United Kingdom carried out an aspect analyzed. The whole chapter isdivided into five parts which are discussed in chronological order on the formationand diversification of the British concept of the late Qing literati, From1840until thelate Qing Dynasty, along with in-depth diplomatic relations with Britain, the Britishscholar’s view is also gradually evolving.Before the Opium War, groups of Chinese people’s attitude on Britain basicallyin a chaotic state. In addition to the individual scholars, awareness of non-activeattitude, and "Hua Yi" and "heavenly Centered Approach" effect, leading scholars arenot concerned about the UK. Opium War era, the image of the Chinese people in theUK still lack sufficient understanding and awareness, facing Britain’s "gunboatpolicy" shocks, the scholar’s outlook began to differentiate, there have been a numberof domestic open eyes to the world of enlightened literati group guide peopleunderstand the history and geography, customs and culture of British society,positioning the image of the United Kingdom from a macro perspective. To theWesternization period, experienced a heavy blow to the two Opium Wars, the British scholar who gradually the need for advanced technology and open a front door. Thisperiod is the development of Sino-British relations, the Chinese people to establishYamen, established Tung Wen College, to carry out the Westernization Movement,send envoys abroad and foreign students, the construction of railroads, telegraph lines,erection, trying to "learning technology to produce razed to self-reliance." Britishscholar impression of depth direction of British society’s political, economic, legal,public education, ethics and discussion to start recording, enriching the image of theBritish literati cognition and experience, and promote China’s modernization process,in while gradually opening the door, literati began to accept the trend of the worldsituation from the heart, from passive acceptance to active awareness. Qing Dynasty,from the defeat of the Sino-Japanese War and the bankruptcy of the WesternizationMovement, after the end of the Qing, until the Qing dynasty, literati to Microscopicimage of British and generalization, Britain is no longer the people to understand andlearn the main object, the image of the UK population awareness no longer justconfined to the literati, intellectuals become the new awareness and understanding ofBritish subjects, they are more rational analysis of British society, a substantial gapanalysis between Britain, the British concept of further development.