容闳是早期美国华侨中的一位代表人物,是一个伟大的爱国者、学者、教育家和外交家。他热爱祖国,为中国的进步和富强贡献了毕生的精力。关于他首创幼童留学美国的事业,努力将西方先进文明和技术引入中国,以及他参加维新变法,后来又支持孙中山先生革命的事迹,早已为人们所熟知。本文所简略叙述的是1873—1880年期间,他为保护海外华侨的权益所做的一些工作。关于秘鲁契约华工的调查 1873年,正在美国督导幼童留学事务的容闳为了中国购买新式大炮的事务而回到中国,适逢秘鲁派遣使团来中国谈判订立华工移民秘鲁的条约。当他到天津时,北洋大臣李鸿章要 Rong was a representative of the early American overseas Chinese and a great patriot, scholar, educator and diplomat. He loves the motherland and contributed his life energy to the progress and prosperity of China. It is already well known that his pioneering children’s career in studying in the United States, the efforts to introduce advanced Western civilization and technology into China, and his participation in reform and reform of the West have supported the subsequent revolution of Dr. Sun Yat-sen. What this article briefly describes is what he did for the protection of the rights and interests of overseas Chinese during 1873-1880. A Survey of Peruvian Contract Chinese Workers In 1873, Rong Rong, who was supervising the study of young children in the United States, returned to China for China’s purchase of new artillery. It coincided with the Peruvian delegation sending a delegation to China to negotiate a treaty on the immigration of Peru workers to Peru. When he arrived in Tianjin, Northern Minister Li Hung-chang wanted