1896年4月6日,第一届现代奥运会在希腊开幕。之前一年,国际奥委会秘书长顾拜旦委托当时法国驻华公使施阿兰,将邀请公文递到了光绪皇帝手中。当时中国刚刚和日本签订了《马关条约》,光绪皇帝在内忧外患中一筹莫展,对于这份邀请公文,他送呈慈禧后便没有了下文。据悉,当时慈禧太后及其幕僚不懂得“奥运”一词的 April 6, 1896, the first modern Olympic Games opened in Greece. The year before, the International Olympic Committee Secretary-General Coubertin commissioned the French ambassador to China Shi Alain, the official document will be handed over to the hands of Emperor Guangxu. At that time, China had just signed the “Treaty of Shimonoseki” with Japan and the Emperor Guangxu could not do anything in or out of the internal and external problems. After this letter of invitation was submitted to him, there was no article below. It is reported that when Empress Dowager Cixi and his aides did not understand the word “Olympic”