鸦片战争的爆发并非历史的偶然 ,嘉庆、道光两朝的内忧外患已经预示了中国所要面临的危机。而危机爆发前 ,中国的精英群体———士大夫已忧虑国运而开始探索自救的出路。他们的孜孜以求和奔走呼号再次证明了儒家“以天下为己任”的经世精神 The outbreak of the Opium War was not accidental in history. The internal and external crises in Jiaqing and Daoguang have already predicted the crisis China will face. Before the crisis broke out, the elite group in China --- Dr. Shih has worried about the national transport and began to explore the way out for self-help. Their perseverance and earnest call again proves that Confucianism “takes the world as its own responsibility”