在中国近代史上，郭嵩焘是和“曾左彭胡”一道登上社会政治舞台的风云人物。虽然他的官运间阅远不及“曾文正”、“左文襄”之显赫，也跟与他一同被诏出山、　生出身的曾国荃相差悬殊；但他的先知先觉，他对当时世界的认识，特别是对西方文明的了解、却远远超过了他同时代的人 In the modern history of China, Guo Songtao was a man of the moment who boarded the social and political scene with Zeng Zuopeng-hu. Although his official operation was far behind reading Zeng Wenzheng and Zuo Wenxiang, Zeng Guoquan was also disproportionate to Zeng Guoquan who had been exiled with him and was born with him. However, his prophet first realized that his understanding of the world at that time, In particular, the understanding of Western civilization, but far more than his contemporaries