150年前,中国历史上发生了一次重大事件,即第一次鸦片战争。从此以后,由于外国资本主义入侵,独立的封建的中国被迫走上了半殖民地半封建社会的道路。表现在司法制度方面,其半殖民地半封建化的主要标志,就是领事裁权在我国的确立与扩展。本文拟就两次鸦片战争期间领事裁判权在我国的肇始、中国人民最早反领事裁判权的斗争及其失败、领事裁判权制度的正式确立等问题,作些探讨。领事裁判权制度以它自身的历史,无情地揭露了 One hundred and fifty years ago, there was a major incident in Chinese history, the first opium war. Since then, an independent feudal China has been forced into the semi-colonial and semi-feudal society as a result of foreign capitalist invasions. In the judicial system, the main symbol of semi-colonial and semi-feudalization is the establishment and expansion of consular power in our country. This article intends to discuss some issues such as the origin of the consular jurisdiction in our country during the Opium War, the earliest Chinese conspiratorial struggle and its failure, and the formal establishment of consular jurisdiction. The system of consular jurisdiction has been mercilessly revealed in its own history