有关鸦片战争的诸多问题，一直在引起人们的思考。最早而又忠实记载鸦片战争全过程的历史著作当推魏源的《道光洋艘征抚记》（以下简征《征抚记》）。这是一部充满爱国思想的历史著作，一直为史学界所重视。一、中国第一部记述鸦片战争的信史魏源于1842年（道光二十二年）鸦片 Many questions about the Opium War have been drawing people’s thinking. The earliest and faithful account of the entire process of the Opium War, the historical work should be pushed Wei Yuan’s “Daoguang Yangzai recalls” (hereinafter referred to as “sign”). This is a history book full of patriotic thoughts, which has always been valued by historians. First, China’s first account of the history of the Opium War Wei from 1842 (Daoguang twenty-two years) opium