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1793年,也就是乾隆五十八年夏天,英国派出的第一个访华使团到达中国。英国人对这个神秘的国度充满好奇。他们相信,中国就像《马可·波罗游记》中所写的那样,黄金遍地,人人都身穿绫罗绸缎。然而,一登上中国的土地,他们马上发现了触目惊心的贫困。使团成员约翰·巴罗在《我看乾隆盛世》中说:“不管是在舟山还是在溯白河而上去京城的三天里,没有看到任何人民丰衣足食、农村富饶繁荣的证明……触目所
In 1793, the 58th summer of Qianlong, the first British delegation to China arrived in China. The British are curious about this mysterious country. They believe that China is like the ”Marco Polo Travels“ written in gold everywhere, everyone wearing silk satin. However, as soon as they boarded the land in China, they immediately discovered the terrifying poverty. John Barlow, a member of the delegation, said in ”I See Qianlong’s Prosperity," that in the three days he went to the capital in Zhoushan or in the Pearl River, he did not see any evidence of affluence and prosperity in rural areas ... The