斌椿1866年率队游历欧洲,是中国第一个赴欧的官方考察团,王韬也于次年以一名学者的身份应邀到英国翻译中国经书。两人由于先前所生活的地理环境、人际交往、知识结构和志向抱负等方面都存在着巨大差异,所以,他们对欧洲的认识尽管有某些相似性,但差别也是很显著的。作为一名知识分子,王韬则率先完成了由传统向近代的转变。 Bin Chun led his team to visit Europe in 1866 and was the first official delegation to China to visit Europe. Wang Tao was also invited as a scholar to translate the Chinese classics into Britain in the following year. Due to the vast differences in geography, interpersonal relationships, knowledge structure and aspirations and aspirations they had previously lived in, the differences between them were also significant despite their similarities. As an intellectual, Wang Tao took the lead in completing the transition from the traditional to the modern era.