容闳的尴尬地位与中国幼童驻美肄业局的命运

晚清留美幼童的命运充满了时代的悲剧色彩．而作为他们前辈和引路人的容闳，其在中国政界的地位也十分尴尬——既要做实际工作，又不能主持大局、所以，当清廷决意撤销肄业局时，无论蓉闳做出多么大的努力，也挽救不了中国驻美肄业局中途夭折的命运。而李鸿章在任用容闳问题上的一波三折，反映了洋务派官僚中坚人物在近代中国社会转型期的困窘与作为。

Rong Hong''''s Awkward Position and the Fate of the Juvenile- children Who Studied in School Established in USA

In the late of Qing Dynasty, the fate of some juvenile - children studying in USA was full of the tragedies. But Rong Hong, as their father and guider, was on an awkward position in the politic world of China, he did actual works but did not mastermind overall situation. So, when Qing government determined to take away studying office established in USA, he did not retrieval its fate of midway abortion, no matter how great efforts Rong Hong worked out. However, That Li Hong- zhang appointed Rong Hong ups and downs reflected embarrassment of elite bureaucracy in the social transformation in modem China.