《申报》是英国人美查(Frederick Major)于1872年4月在上海创办的一种商报,后来发展成为在近代中国影响最大的中文报纸之一。郭嵩焘是近代中国首任驻英法公使,因《申报》关于他画像、茶会两事报道不实,且语多讥讽凌辱之意,自光绪四年(1878年)九月到次年三月。从巴黎到伦敦再到上海一直追究并拟状诉《申报》。此事被称为近代中国史上“华字报最初最巨之交涉”,是近代中国报界最早的“语言文字之祸”。郭嵩焘也因此成为近代中国历史上学习西法,拿起法律武器维护自己声誉而状诉新闻报刊的第一人。 “Shenbao” was a commercial newspaper founded by the British Frederick Major in Shanghai in April 1872 and later developed into one of the most influential Chinese-language newspapers in modern China. Guo Songtao was the first Chinese minister who came to China in modern China. He was accused of insulting and insulting his portrayal of his portraits and tea parties. From the fourth year of Guangxu (1878) to the next March. From Paris to London and then to Shanghai has been held accountable and filed for “declaration.” Known as the “Greatest Deal of the Tale of Chinese Characters in Modern China”, it was the earliest “curse of language and writing” in the modern Chinese press. Guo Songtao therefore became the first person to sue the press for learning the Western Faith in modern Chinese history and taking legal weapons to defend his reputation.