旧制新法的冲突——1878年华洋书信馆冬季陆运邮件被扣事件释

作为晚清海关尝试以新式邮政方式收寄华人信件的机构——华洋书信馆,在初期的冬季邮件陆运中便遭遇邮件被扣及邮差被逐的事故。究其原因,乃为主办者违反清廷规制所致,但其背后又牵涉清廷官员对待洋务的不同态度、以及在华洋人以清朝官员身份举办新政时的矛盾与挫折。在这一普通事件的背后,折射出传统制度与新式机构的冲突及磨合。

The Conflict Between Traditional System and New Way: an Explanation of the Matter that the Detention of Mails from Hua-Yang Post Office Transferred in the Winter of 1878

Hua- Yang Post Office, the newinstitution created by the Imperial Customs to post and receive the mail from Chinese, was encountered the accident that the mails was detained and the postmen was expelled in the winter transfer in 1878.The cause of this matter was the organizer violated the rules of Qing imperial, but that also involved the reasons of the different attitude of the Qing officers, and the contradiction and setback when the foreigner running the new deal as an officer of Qing. This common matter...