穿过宽阔的马路,在一排排柳阴的背后,隐约可见宏伟的楼房,它们意味着力量与财富。它们太过富丽堂皇了,感觉不太像是我们的家。它们只能唤起我们的注意,而不可能引起对英国人的好感。它们是巨大的直尺与圆规的产物。中国人对我们的印象,相当于我们对这些建筑物印象的十倍……在他们眼里,我们是机械的、威严的和可怕的。——阿瑟·考纳比《华中漫游》 Passing through the wide roads, behind a row of shades, magnificent buildings can be seen faintly. They mean strength and wealth. They are too grand and do not feel like our home. They can only arouse our attention and can not cause goodwill to the British. They are the result of huge rulers and compasses. The Chinese people’s impression of us is equivalent to ten times our impression of these buildings... In their eyes, we are mechanical, majestic and terrible. - Arthur Cornabi’s “Wandering in Central China”