清政府对英国羁縻之术的运用--兼论第一批不平等条约的签订

在第一次鸦片战争及战后签约活动中 ,传统的“夷狄”观念对清政府的影响随处可见。在战争进程中 ,清政府对英国的战与和 ,实际上是古代中原中央王朝对周边“夷狄”对策的翻版 ;而战后所签订的第一批不平等条约在很大程度上也是这种观念的产物 ,用“羁縻”手法对英国等西方国家进行笼络 ,以达到它们不再侵扰中国海疆的目的

The Application of the Placatory Art by the Qing Dynasty to U.K.

After the First Opium war and during the signing of the postwar treaties,the Qing government was greatly influenced by the traditional view of "barbarism".During the war,the Qing government's policy of peace or war is actually the copied version of the strategies adopted the ancient central govemment when dealing with the neighbouring "barbaric nationalities".And the unequal treaties signed after the war wrer,to a large extent,the result of the view that the western countries like the U.K. could be placated by using "placatory art" so that they would not intrude on the Chinese territory.