要讲清楚今天介绍的这本书之前,我们该把视界稍微放宽。举个例子,在中国这个文明古国的现代化进程中,是什么让陌上青青变成高速公路,是什么让草棚茅屋变成摩天大楼,又是什么让驴骡马车变成四只轮子的钢铁走兽呢?当然这是一个渐进过程,如果一定要追根溯源的话,变化开始自1863年的一次谈话。《清史稿》里记载,第一个在耶鲁大学获得学士学位的中国学生容闳几度救国无门,失望之余朋友力劝他去拜访一下时任两江总督的曾国 Before we explain the book we introduce today, we should slightly relax our horizons. For example, in the process of the modernization of China, an ancient civilized country, what changed green street into a freeway, what made a grass hut a skyscraper and what made a donkey carriage a four-wheel steel Of course, this is a gradual process. If it is necessary to trace its origins, the change begins with a conversation in 1863. In “History of the Qing Dynasty,” it was recorded that the first Chinese student who received his bachelor’s degree from Yale University saved his country for several times and urged his delegation to visit sometime governors of the two rivers