前些年,史学界曾就洋务思潮的属性等问题进行了广泛而热烈的研讨。最近,周辉湘同志又在《安徽史学》(1995年第3期)上发表《论洋务思潮的爱国主义蕴义》一文,从爱国主义视野对洋务思潮进行了诸多方面的有益探讨,读后颇受启发。但对他把洋务思潮界定为近代意义上的爱国主义或民族主义,不敢苟同。本文试就这一问题,谈谈我个人的一些看法。 A few years ago, historians had conducted extensive and enthusiastic discussions on such issues as the nature of the Westernization Movement. Recently, Comrade Zhou Huixiang published another article, “Patriotic Implications of the Westernization Movement,” in Anhui History (Issue 3, 1995), which explored many aspects of the Westernization Movement from the perspective of patriotism. Inspired. However, he disagreed with him by defining the thought of Western-style ideology as patriotism or nationalism in the modern sense. This article tries this question, to talk about some of my personal views.