《瀛寰志略》透过西方先进的器物进而研究资本主义强国的政治经济制度,已经远远地超出了一般地理学著作的范畴,这正是徐继畬领先于时代之处。在大多数中国人对世界的认知还停留在以中国为中心,以中华文明自傲,拒学“蛮夷”的时代,徐继畬对西方国家的礼赞,无疑极大地冲击了传统士大夫“夷夏大防”的心理防线。因此,《瀛寰志略》出版后即招致诸多非议,“见者哗然”。1850年,在《瀛寰志略》成书两年后,徐继 The study of the political and economic systems of the capitalist powers through the advanced Western artifacts has far exceeded the scope of general geography books. This is exactly where Xu Jiyu is ahead of the times. In most Chinese people’s cognition of the world still stays in the era of taking China as the center and pride of Chinese civilization and refusing to learn “barbarians”, Xu Jiyu’s praise of the western countries undoubtedly greatly affected the traditional literati Summer defense “psychological defense. Therefore, ”Ying Huan Zhi slightly“ after the publication of which led to many criticisms, ”see the uproar “. In 1850, two years after the publication of ”Ying Huan Zhi Zhi Lue", Xu Ji