徐继 ,山西五台人 ,与林则徐、魏源等均为近代中国开眼看世界之人 ,伟大的爱国主义者。然而 ,徐继异于他人之处 ,在于他站在了时代的最前沿 ,摆脱了传统的华夷观念和传统爱国思想 ,走向了近代化道路。徐继于鸦片战争中认识到了解世界的重要性 ,萌发撰写一部反映世界形势 Xu Jiyu, Wutai People in Shanxi Province, Lin Zexu and Wei Yuan are the people who open the eyes of the world in modern China and the great patriots. However, Xu Jikuan differs from the others in that he is at the forefront of the times, freeing himself from the traditional Chinese concept of patriotism and traditional patriotism and moving toward the path of modernization. Xu Jiyu realized in the Opium War to understand the importance of the world, germination write a reflection of the world situation