五继林则徐之后,为祖国向世界寻求知识,寻找真理作出重大贡献者,是容闳。但他不同于林则徐,他不是清廷的大臣,他只不过是一个出身于贫苦农家而侥幸获得留学机会的普通知识分子。他既无权也无势,他既不愿替殖民主义当传教士,也不愿为外国洋行当买办,更不希冀能在腐败的清政府里当官。他唯一的愿望是:使中国的青少年都能象他 Five Ji Lin Zexu later, for the motherland to seek knowledge of the world, looking for the truth to make a significant contribution to, is Rong 闳. However, unlike Lin Zexu, he was not a minister of the Qing court. He was merely an ordinary intellectual born out of poverty in farmhouses and fortunate enough to study abroad. He has neither the right nor the power. He is neither willing to act as a preacher for colonialism nor comport for a foreign bank, nor does he wish to be an official in a corrupt Qing government. His only wish is to make all the young people in China like him