陈兰彬以翰林加身,书生入仕,因入幕于曾国藩、李鸿章,相继而为首位官派留学生监督、海外华工维权人、首任驻美日秘公使。他忠于职守,筚路蓝缕,书写了中美外交史、文化交流史的首卷。在中与西、新与旧、传统与现代的两难抉择中能做到主次分明,体现出陈兰彬身上传统而趋新、趋新而持重、持重而保底的文化品格。这是特定时空背景塑制的特殊文化现象,颇值得人们思考与品味。 Chen Lanbin to Hanlin plus body, scholar enrollment, because of the curtain in the Tseng Kuo-fan, Li Hung-chang, one after another as the official sentinel supervision, overseas Chinese workers activist, the first minister in the United States and Japan. He was devoted to his duties and made a bold attempt to write the first volume in the history of diplomatic and cultural exchanges between China and the United States. In the midst and west, new and old, traditional and modern dilemma can be distinguished from each other, reflecting the cultural character of Chen Lanbin who is traditional and new, new and heavy, holding the weight and protecting the bottom. This is a special cultural phenomenon shaped by a specific space-time background, which is quite worthy of consideration and taste.