我交遁叟往还频,赘翁文章共绝伦;欲为中西通学术,苍茫瀛海两奇人。这首七绝诗句,是盛宣怀父亲盛康所写。“遯叟”是王韬,“赘翁”就是本书传主沈毓桂。盛康是著名的经世致用者,辑有《皇朝经世文续编》,是一位对洋务事业和中西文化交流的积极支持和关心者。他把王韬和沈毓桂并列为“中西通学术”的上海滩上的两个“奇人”,绝非偶然,他是对王、沈二人在西学东渐中起了颇大作用的深刻知情者。然而,王韬在这方面的声誉,有若如雷贯耳,而沈毓桂却颇有些 I pay to return to the frequency, superfluous Weng article altogether; want to learn for the West, vast Yinghai two odd people. The first seven poems are written by Sheng Xuanhuai’s father Sheng Kang. “Escape” is Wang Tao, “supercilious Weng” is the book owner Shen Yu Gui. Shengkang is a well-known person in charge of the history of the world. He is the author of “Continuation Series of the Dynasty by the World Culture” and is an active supporter and carer for the Westernization career and the exchange of Chinese and Western cultures. It is by no means accidental that he listed Wang Tao and Shen Yugui as two “strange men” on the beach of “Western Learning”. He is a profound knowledgeer who played a significant role in the gradual progress of Western learning by Wang and Shen. However, Wang Tao’s reputation in this area, Ruruleilei ears, while Shen Yu-kui is quite some