被大清视为奇耻大辱的“庚申之变”发生后,根据新签订的《北京条约》的规定,大量的外国资本涌入中国,与此同时,大量的外国人也随之进入中国。除了那些怀着一夜暴富之梦来中国淘金的“外国冒险家”外,一些在母国怀才不遇或穷困潦倒的低阶军官和水手,也纷纷抱着“试试看”的初衷,不远万里来到被描绘成“遍地是黄金”的中国碰碰运气。从那时起,这个受雇于清政府(主要是海关和勇营)被中国人称为“洋员”的群体,成了在中国近代史上不得不记上的一笔。 After the occurrence of “Gengshenzhuan”, which was regarded as a shameful disgrace by the Qing regime, a large amount of foreign capital poured into China under the newly signed “Beijing Treaty,” while a large number of foreigners entered China. Apart from those “foreign adventurers” who came to China for gold rush with a night of rich dreams, some low-ranking officers and sailors who failed or were impoverished in their home countries also embraced the original intention of “trying out” Hundreds of miles came China’s luckily portrayed as “gold everywhere.” Since then, the group employed by the Qing government (mainly the Customs and Yong camps) as “foreigners” by the Chinese people has become the one to be remembered in modern Chinese history.