In the same period, local high officials including Guofan ZENG and Hung Chang LI, who quashed Taiping Rebellion, also understood importance of studying advanced technology of western countries and were promoting modernization of military system and industries.
また同時期太平天国の乱を鎮圧した曾国藩や李鴻章ら地方の大官も西欧の先進技術を学ぶ重要性を認識し、軍事・産業方面の近代化を推し進めていた。 |