刘锡鸿是中国近代史上首位驻英副使,而郭嵩焘则是首位驻英正使。作为中国近代历史上正式派出的最早驻外使节,他们走出了国门来到发达的西方资本主义社会,亲身经历和感受了两种不同的制度和文明,在两种不同文化的猛烈冲击和碰撞下刘锡鸿与郭嵩焘的思想均产生了某种变化,但副使刘锡鸿却与正使郭嵩焘之间有着极大的思想落差,对比而言,刘锡鸿的思想难逃保守的藩篱。 Liu Xihong was the first deputy envoy to China in modern history and Guo Songtao was the first envoy in Britain. As the earliest diplomatic envoys officially dispatched in the history of modern China, they went abroad to come to the developed Western capitalist society and experienced and experienced two different systems and civilizations firsthand. Under the violent impact and collision of two different cultures Both Liu Xihong and Guo Songtao’s thoughts have undergone some changes. However, there is a great gap between Liu Xirong’s vice ancestors and Guo Songtao’s being the opposite. In contrast, Liu Xihong’s thinking can not escape the conservative fence.