19世纪中期,第一批见识过西方文明国家的清朝官员,看到了图书馆作为一种社会教育机构所发挥的能量,经过有识之士们一个甲子坚持不懈地奏议,清廷终于在最末一代皇帝的任期里,批准建立一座国家图书馆。 In the mid-19th century, the first Qing officials who had witnessed the Western civilizations saw the library exert its energies as a social educational institution. Through the perseverance of a man of knowledge, the Qing court finally came to the conclusion During the tenure of the last emperor, the establishment of a national library was approved.