近代以来,灾难深重的中国经历着最严重的危机,西方列强的坚船利炮摧毁了“天朝上国”的迷梦,也摧毁了士人千百年来的心理平衡和文化自信。尤其甲午海战之后,向西方学习成为有识之士的共识,留学遂成为学习西方以图振兴贫弱中国的时代潮流。留学以及留学生对中国社会现代化和文化现代转型的贡献,李兆忠先生在新著《喧 Since the modern times, the most beleaguered China experienced the most serious crisis. The fortifications and the gunboats of the Western powers destroyed the dream of “making heaven and earth rise and fall as a nation.” It also destroyed the psychological balance and cultural confidence of the scholars for thousands of years. In particular, after the Sino-Japanese naval battle, learning from the West became a consensus of people of insight that studying abroad became the trend of the times in learning from the West and trying to revitalize the weaker China. Studying abroad and the contribution of overseas students to the modernization of China’s society and the modern transformation of culture, Mr. Li Zhaozhong said in his new book "Noisy