鸦片输入中国,究竟使中国流失了多少白银?这是一个很难统计的数字。本文试对1859年前,鸦片输入中国流失白银的情况做一粗略估算。最早向中国输入鸦片的国家有葡萄牙、荷兰,英国较晚。有记载有是1727年英国向中国输入鸦片200箱,其它国家无记录可查,估计也没有超过200箱的。因为当时中国进口鸦片为医疗使用。此时期的鸦片输入量不在本文主旨范围内。 1767年,英国已占领了印度鸦片产地孟加拉,运到中国来的鸦片每年达到1000箱。但此时清政府 How much silver has been lost to China after opium is imported into China? This is a hard statistics figure. This article attempts to make a rough estimate of the loss of opium from China into China before 1859. The earliest countries that imported opium into China were Portugal, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom. It has been documented that Britain imported 200 cases of opium into China in 1727 and no records were available in other countries. It is estimated that there were no more than 200 cases. Because at that time China imported opium for medical use. Opium input during this period is not within the scope of this paper. In 1767, Britain had occupied Bangladesh, the origin of opium in India, and the number of opium transported to China reached 1,000 cases a year. But this time the Qing government