外债,在很长一段时间内曾经是一个令人憎恶的字眼。曾几何时,当改革开放被定为国策,引进外资成为当务之急之后,开始有人对近代外债问题加以反思,于是晚清外债史研究逐步纳入了人们的视野。诚然,晚清外债与我们今天的引进外资决不可同日而语。且不论晚清外债中有很大一部分是由 Foreign debt, for a long time, was once a disgusting word. Once upon a time, when the reform and opening up was set as a national policy and the introduction of foreign investment became a top priority, some people began to reflect on the issue of modern foreign debt. Therefore, the study on the history of foreign debts in the late Qing Dynasty gradually came into the people’s field of vision. It is true that the foreign debt in the late Qing Dynasty must not be compared with the introduction of foreign investment today. And no matter whether there is a large part of the foreign debt in the late Qing Dynasty