耆英是1842至1848年间清政府办理对外交涉的主要代表人物,他参与了战后奠基中西关系的全部条约谈判。“力争国权,整军经武”是耆英对外交涉思想的重要内容。为维护国家的利权,耆英曾据理力争,在他力所能及的范围内,挽回国家的一些损失;鸦片战争结束后,耆英倡导“整军经武”,为其对外交涉奠定自强的根基。 Senior Citizen was the main representative of the Qing government in handling foreign affairs between 1842 and 1848. He participated in all the treaty negotiations that laid the foundation stone for the Sino-Western relations after the war. “Striving for State Power and Uprising Through Arms” is an important part of Senior Citizens’ diplomatic thinking. In order to defend the country’s rights, Senior Citizens have argued that they should restore some of the country’s losses to the extent that they can. After the Opium War, Senior Citizens advocated “armed forces in the armed forces” to lay a solid foundation for their foreign affairs.