黄遵宪,出生在广东梅州一客家望族,他视野开阔、善于接受新事物。1876年,29岁的他参加顺天乡试中举。这一年12月,广州大埔籍的翰林院侍讲何如璋奉命为出使日本大臣。那时候用同乡是官场风气,而且能够办外交的人才也多出自粤、闽等省。大约因为这些原因,黄遵宪被任命为驻日参赞官,日本成了他外交生涯的第一站。 Huang Zunxian, born in Hakka, Meizhou, Guangdong, has a broad vision and is good at accepting new things. In 1876, 29-year-old he participated in Shuntian Township test cites. In December of this year, He Ruozhang, an Imperial College Registrar in Guangzhou, was appointed as Minister of Japan. At that time, using fellow countrymen was the official trend, and more people were able to do diplomacy from Guangdong, Fujian and other provinces. For these reasons, Huang Zunxian was appointed Counselor in Japan and Japan became the first leg of his diplomatic career.