留美幼童的多重面向:以容揆为例的分析  

Yung Kwai:A Multifaceted CEM Student

作　　者：许兆捷 Xu Zhao-jie(Faculty of History,Renmin University of China,Beijing 100872,China)

机构地区：[1]中国人民大学历史学院,北京100872

出　　处：《华侨华人历史研究》2023年第4期85-96,共12页Journal of Overseas Chinese History Studies

摘　　要：留美幼童是近代中国走向世界过程中的重要群体,而容揆则是其中较为特殊的一个。与其他官派留美幼童不同,容揆在1880年因入教、剪辫、逃跑等事件,与“幼童出洋肄业局”决裂,因此避免了在次年与其他留美幼童一起撤回国内的命运,并在容闳的资助下顺利完成了耶鲁大学和哥伦比亚大学的学业。作为自由职业者,深受美国文化影响的容揆,却在美国排华盛行的环境中坚持传播中国文化,并尽力帮助当地华人社群。作为职业外交官,容揆在驻美使馆近半个世纪的工作中,亲历了许多重要的外交事件,同时也在侨务工作和留学生教育事业上颇有贡献。容揆的经历也具有其普遍性:以他为代表的留美幼童是这一时期中西交流的桥梁,他的经历也是官派留学生和外交官群体的典型写照。这些都反映出留美幼童在时代浪潮中的多重面向。Many Chinese Educational Mission(CEM) students made a significant contribution to China's modernization.Amongst them,Yung Kwai(1861-1943) was an exceptional case.Having broken up with the CEM in 1880,he was fortunate enough to complete his education at two universities,Yale and Columbia,instead of returning to China on an official call.He had been a freelance writer,who published widely in American mainstream newspapers promoting Chinese culture and also advocating for the Chinese in America.He was also a career diplomat with devotion to American Chinese affairs and Chinese students in America.His life experience was typical and commonly seen within that generation of the CEM students,who drifted in a turbulent era and played an important role in bridging China and America.

关 键 词：中美交流 留美幼童 侨务工作 庚款留学 容揆 

分 类 号：D634.371.2[政治法律—政治学]