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宓吉是晚清洋务运动中比较活跃的英国人,他有着多重身份角色,既是英文新闻界的中国通,也担任过李鸿章的顾问推进洋务运动,更在甲午中日战争中扮演重要角色。此前学界对宓吉及其著述的研究几近空白,以他的英文行纪为基础,展开对其本人及相关旅行活动的研究,将有利于还原重构近代西方人在中国,尤其是边疆活动的史实,并且能为英文边疆游记的研究提供一个新方向。尤为重要的是,在西方的“中国形象”研究这一史学研究和比较文学研究共同
He was a more active Englishman in the late Qing Westernization Movement. He had multiple identities. He was both a China-English newsman and a consultant to Li Hongzhang to promote the Westernization Movement. He even played an important role in the Sino-Japanese War of 1894. Previously, the academic circles have almost blankly studied the research of Ji and its writings. Based on his English, it is of great help to reconstruct the study of the modern Western people in China, especially the frontier activities Historical facts, and can provide a new direction for the study of English frontier travel. More importantly, this study of the history and comparative literature in the Western “China Image”