王韬（１８２８—１８９７）清代江苏长州（今苏州吴县）人。１８４５年以第一名成绩考中新阳县秀才。其父为乡村塾师。他不仅受过儒家良好教育，又耳濡过一些西方自然科学和社会科学方面的新知，在清末朝政腐败，国势日衰的情况下，他极力主张政治改良。他在上海结识了英国传? Wang Tao (1828-1897) Changzhou, Jiangsu in the Qing Dynasty (now Suzhou Wuxian) people. In 1845 to the first test results in Xin Yangxian scholar. His father is a rural school teacher. He not only received good education from Confucianism, but also learned some new knowledge about western natural sciences and social sciences. He advocated political reform in the face of the corruption and decline of the regime in the late Qing Dynasty. He met the English pass in Shanghai