郭嵩焘是近代中国“走向世界”的代表性人物之一,他在临危受命出任首任驻英大使以前,曾有一段因“反腐”反受打击、仕途受到重挫的痛苦经历。1818年,郭嵩焘出生在湖南湘阴一户地主之家。18岁那年,他考中秀才,第二年进入著名的岳麓书院读书。强调经世致用、坚忍不拔,不尚玄虚、摒弃 Guo Songtao was one of the representative figures in modern China and “going global.” Before he was appointed as the first ambassador to the United Kingdom, he had a painful experience of being hit hard by “anti-corruption” and having suffered a serious setback in his career. In 1818, Guo Songtao was born in a landlord’s house in Hunan’s Hunan province. At the age of 18, he took the exam scholar, the next year into the famous Yuelu Academy reading. Emphasis on practical use, perseverance, not monstrous, abandon