Returned Diplomats,French Engineers,and the Qingxi Ironworks: Self-Strengthening and Self-Representation in the Late Qing

This article explores the history of the Qingxi Ironworks in late Qing Guizhou. Instead of focusing on state-centered industrialization or technology transfer and scientific knowledge in Qing mining and coal enterprises, this study focuses on the individual ambitions and identity construction of two returned diplomats—Chen Jitong and Chen Mingyuan—who sought to claim authority over a mining interest in China’s southwest interior. By leveraging their knowledge of the West to serve as intermediaries between state and foreign commercial interests, these cosmopolitan yet marginalized elites sought to convert their foreign expertise and avowed commitment to “self-strengthening” into new forms of social and political capital. An examination of the personal networks and written accounts surrounding their entrepreneurial ventures sheds light on the opportunities and challenges experienced by a generation of “foreign affairs” experts in repositioning themselves within the transforming Qing polity through participation in industrialization projects.     

《青溪寇轨》作者平质

《青溪寇轨》,宋元书志未见著录,《说郛》、《古今说海》、《四库全书总目》等均以为此书是宋方勺所撰,《四库全书总目》还认为《青溪寇轨》原是《泊宅编》中的一部分。本文认为,事实并非如此。不仅“青溪寇轨》中“容斋逸史日”一段应视为洪迈逸文,而且《青溪寇轨》也可以推定为洪迈在主持修纂《四朝国吏》之际所辑集的一件史料文本。     

“扬州书信”所见“青溪旧屋”刘氏著作刊行考略

扬州"青溪旧屋"刘氏家族是自清嘉庆至民国时期数代相传的书香世家,其学术影响贯通中外。最近,古城扬州发现的数十通民国时期书信,内容涉及刘氏家族著作的出版发行情况,为研究其著作的传播与影响提供了鲜为人知的资料,也为后人了解和研究当时的图书出版事业提供了第一手鲜活的资料。     

《弘历鉴古图》修复方法讨论

《弘历鉴古图》是清代宫廷画家姚文瀚创作的一幅乾隆皇帝"御容"图像。该图磨损较重,在卷藏过程中出现的霉变,导致受损部位纸质糟朽,一些重要画意脱离画心粘在背纸之上。此图因破损情况比较特殊,修复方法也因此十分复杂,本文即针对其修复情况所作的探讨。     

中国钢铁工业的诞生考释

中国钢铁工业诞生的问题学术界至今没有统一的认识。按照当今中国钢铁工业协会所定标准,福州船政局所属锤铁厂和拉铁厂应为中国最早的钢铁加工企业,它的创建标志着中国钢铁工业的诞生;青溪铁厂是中国第一家钢铁联合企业;汉阳铁厂则是中国第一家大型钢铁联合企业。