清同治十一年七月九日(公元1872年8月12日),上海港。一艘轮船启锚了。船上30名统一着装的中国幼童向码头上送行的亲人挥手惜别,分外惹人注意。他们中很多人连县城都没去过,但现在即将远行,目的地是传说中的美国。被曾国藩称为“中华创始之举,古来未有之事”的官派学生留洋活动,至此拉开了序幕。对这个有着悠久文明,向来把异国篾视为“夷”的国家来说,迈出这一步并不容易。幼童与美国的相遇 Qing Tongzhi eleven years July 9 (AD 12 August 1872), Shanghai Port. A ship anchored. Thirty uniformed Chinese children waved their farewell to their dear relatives on the quay for exceptionally special attention. Many of them have not even been to the county seat, but are on the verge of going to the legendary United States. The official school student Zeng Guofan called “the founding act of the Chinese nation, and the past has never been there before,” so far the event kicked off. It is not easy for this country, which has a long history of civilization and always treats foreign countries as “” foreign affairs. " Encounter between young children and the United States