恭亲王奕訢是晚清政坛中一位重要的政治家、外交家，也是洋务派在中央的领导者。本文就他在中法战争前的思想、活动作一考察。从奕訢的外交思想看，有一个形成过程。第二次鸦片战争中清王朝惨败于外国侵略者的无情事实和统治阶级中强烈的议和呼声，给了奕訢很大触动，使他日益 Prince Gong Yixin is an important politician and diplomat in the political arena of the late Qing Dynasty and also a leader of the Westernization School in the Central Committee. This article examines his thoughts and activities before the Sino-French war. From Yi Xin’s diplomatic thinking, there is a formation process. In the Second Opium War, the relentless fact that the Qing Dynasty defeat the foreign aggressors and the strong impetus in the ruling class gave Yi Xin a great touch and made him increasingly