《近代中国与西洋国际社会》一书,是铃木智夫先生继其前著《洋务运动的研究:对19世纪后半期中国的工业化与外交革新的考察》(『洋務運動の研究:十九世紀後半の中国における工業化と外交の革新についての考察』汲古書院、1992)发行后,又一部新的研究成果的汇集。与聚焦于洋务派的经济和外交政策的《洋务运动的研究》相比,此书则着重于对其背景,即晚清中国人的西方观、西方国际社会观念进行考察,并以晚清 The book “Modern China and the Western World Society” is a book by Mr. Suzuki following the study of the Westernization Movement: An Investigation into the Industrialization and Diplomatic Reforms of China in the Second Half of the 19th Century (“The Westernization Movement: The Second Half of the 19th Century A Study of the Industrialization and Diplomacy of China’s Industrialization and Diplomacy ”, which was published in 1992, is another collection of new research results. Compared with the “Study of the Westernization Movement,” focusing on the economic and foreign policy of the Westernization School, this book focuses on its background, that of the Western view of the Chinese in the late Qing Dynasty and the concept of Western international society. In the late Qing Dynasty