华东师范大学(哲学社会科学版) ›› 2012, Vol. 44 ›› Issue (3): 23-30.

• 中国近代史研究 • 上一篇    下一篇

余联沅:从“铁面御史”到“洋务干员”
——上海道研究的一个个案

戴海斌   

  1. 上海社会科学院历史研究所, 上海, 200235
  • 出版日期:2012-06-01 发布日期:2012-09-01
  • 通讯作者: 戴海斌
  • 作者简介:戴海斌

Yu Lianyuan: From an “Impartial and Incorruptible Censor” to a “Capable Specialist in Foreign Affairs”: A Casestudy Concerning Shanghai Road

DAI Haibin   

  • Online:2012-06-01 Published:2012-09-01
  • Contact: DAI Haibin
  • About author:DAI Haibin

摘要: 余联沅基本属于在传统教育、科举体制下养成的官僚。三十年京官生涯,几与洋务绝缘,更不知外交为何事。他纠弹洋务、搏击权要、激浊扬清的风格堪称凌厉,在史上赢得“铁面御史”的称誉。外放道员后,尤其在上海道任上,免不了被新鲜事物耳濡目染,躲不开与各路外人往来酬答,他身上原有的“清流”底色,也被渐渐淘洗。作为地方官主持“东南互保”,即最为人知的一桩业绩。他本人以开明、务实的形象,成为中外人士所瞩目的洋务干员。余联沅这一番“转变”,深富历史意味,可以为晚清洋务官僚的养成模式提供参照。

关键词: 余联沅, 铁面御史, 上海道, 洋务, 东南互保

Abstract: Yu Lianyuan was primarily an official who rose to power through traditional education and the imperial examination system. Serving in the capital for thirty years, he lacked knowledge of foreign affairs. He had been honored as an “impartial and incorruptible Censor” because of his fierce inquisition and hard lined criticism of dignitaries and their foreign dealings. However, since he started working in the provinces, particularly on Shanghai Road, his image as a member of the “clean stream party” gradually changed in the process due to unavoidable frequent contact with foreigners. Practical and openminded, he became famous as a capable specialist in foreign affairs, wellknown mostly for his active role in contracting the treaties of “mutual defense in southeast China.” Yu’s transformation is significant insofar as it enables us to understand the becoming of the officials, who were in charge of foreign affairs during the late Qing Dynasty.

Key words: Yu Lianyuan, impartial and incorruptible Censor, Shanghai Road, foreign affairs, “mutual defense in southeast China&rdquo,