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1、TheBritishDiplomatE.M.Satow'simagestowardsChina,KoreaandJapan(2012-07-1723:24:14)TheBritishDiplomatSirErnestMasonSatow(1843-1929)wasafamousexpertontheOrientalaffairs,especiallytheJapaneseaffair.HeservedtheUKgovernmentintheEasternAsia,namelyJapan(1862-1883&1895-1900),China(1862.1-1862.8&1900-1906),S
2、iam(1884-1887).In1878,duringhisfirstperiodofstayingatJapan,SatowwassenttoKoreatoinvestigatethepeninsula,andwrotealongarticleaboutthegeographyofKorea.HespentmostofhislifeintheEasternAsia,andmasteredmanyorientallanguages.HewasregardedasoneoftheearlyfounderofthewesternJapanology,andrespectedbymanyJapa
3、neseandwesternscholarsandofficals.TherearestillalotofremainsofSatow'slifeinJapan.Forexample,thereisstilltheSakuratreeplantedbySatowinthefrontofthegateoftheBritishEmbassyinJapan.1.E.M.Satow’simagetowardsChina(1)whyIchooseSatow'sdiplomaticcareerinChinaasthethemeofmydoctoraldissertaion?Satowwasregarde
4、dasanfamousorientalistanddiplomatbytheWesternacademiccircle,mostofhisacademicbooksandhisdiplomaticcarrierwasresearchedbylaterscholars,however,hissecondperiodinChina(1900-1906)wasrelevantlyignoredbyWesternandJapanesescholars.AlthoughtherearesomeresearcharticlesonSatow’sdiplomaticexperienceduringthis
5、period,thisperiodisstilltheweakestpointofresearchesonSatow.ItisaverystrangephenomenathatthereisevennoonearticleaboutresearchonSatowinChinese,needlesstosayrelevantmonograph.InmodernChinesehistory,famousforeigndiplomatsandmissionariesplayedveryimportantrolesinChina’saffairs,andmostofthemwereremembere
6、dandresearchedbyweChinesescholars,however,Satowwasanexception.ComparedwithacademicresearchesonSatow’sexperienceinJapan,hisexperienceinChinawasrelevantlyignored.ThereareonlysomearticlesonhisexperienceinChina(1900-1906)whicharewroteinJapaneseorEnglish,however,thesearticleshavesomeobviousshortages.Fir
7、st,theseauthorsdidn’tobtainbasicknowledgeaboutChina’smodernhistory,sotheycouldn’twellunderstandthepoliticalsituationoflateQingDynasty.Second,theseauthorscouldn’tcollectallChinesematerials(orarchives)concern