晚清时期,眼见八旗、绿营和练军、防军在西方列强面前不堪一击,清朝内部少数有识之士痛心疾首,急思改革,寻求摆脱危机的出路。军事留学生的派遣,就是在这样的历史背景下开始的。海军留学生的派遣对清帝国而言,威胁首先来自海上,故当务之急就是建立一支坚船利炮的新式海军。要建立一支新式海军, In the late Qing Dynasty, seeing the banner of the Eight Banners, the Green Camp and the Armed Forces, the Anti-Japanese Army was beaten in the face of Western powers. A handful of people of insight within the Qing Dynasty were bitter and thought-provoking and sought to find a way out of the crisis. The dispatch of military students started in this historical context. The dispatch of overseas students to the Qing Empire, the threat comes first from the sea, it is imperative to establish a new type of naval gunfire cannon. To establish a new navy,