陈宝琛，1868年中进士，随之入翰林，供职京师。1877年到1885年大约八年间，加入以京师讲官和言官为主体的清流派政治群体①，直言敢谏，声震朝野。晚清重大的中外冲突事件，即中法越南交涉和由此而引起的中法战争，正好就贯穿于这八年的始终。这个时期陈宝琛对形势的分析，以 Chen Baochen, Jinshi 1868, followed by the Hanlin, for the capital. From 1877 to 1885, for about eight years, he joined the Qing-class political group mainly composed of government officials and government officials. The major Sino-foreign conflict in the late Qing Dynasty, that is, the negotiation between China and France and Vietnam and the Sino-French war that ensued, ran through exactly these eight years. Chen Baochen’s analysis of the situation during this period