曾纪泽是外交官,赫德是总税务司。赫德插手中法谈判、中英谈判、排斥中国外交官,引起曾纪泽的不满,以致频频将赫德不愿公开的信息透露给报界。在中葡澳门交涉方面,双方意见更是尖锐对立,明争暗斗,直至曾纪泽逝世。 Zeng Jize is a diplomat and Hurd is the General Taxation Division. Hurd interfered in the negotiations between China and Britain, disagreed with Chinese diplomats and aroused the resentment of Zeng Jize, so that Hurd frequently disclosed the information unwilling to be disclosed to the press. In the negotiations between China, Portugal and Macao, the opinions of both sides are even more sharp and oppressive, so that they will not fight until after Jerry Kerry’s death.