文章从张之洞其人的出身、幼年教育、科举之路以及早期仕途生涯等几个方面,阐述了其“经世致用”思想的形成和变化过程。正是这种思想的形成和后来发生的转变,成为张之洞迅速从保守派转向洋务,并在中国教育的近代化特别是晚清工艺教育这个孕育了中国近代设计教育的最初形态上作出成就的思想根源和背后推动力。 The article elaborates the process of the formation and change of his “thought of the past and present ” from such aspects as Zhang Zhidong’s people’s origin, his childhood education, the imperial examination route and the career of early career. It is this thought’s formation and subsequent changes that have led Zhang Zhidong to move quickly from conservatives to foreign affairs and have made achievements in the initial form of modern design education in modern China, especially in the late Qing technology education The ideological roots and behind the driving force.