考察严复晚年思想状况,还应该注意他的朋友们。人们大多在一定的人群中生活,“朋友圈”的思想状况很容易对人产生潜移默化的影响。在严复的朋友中,首先一个是郑孝胥。众所周知,郑孝胥是晚清政治舞台上的活跃人物,曾经担任过大清帝国驻神户大阪领事,做过张之洞的幕僚。他与严复是同乡,都是福建侯官人。他们于1885年6月在天津相识,从此成 Investigate Yan Fu later years thought state, should also pay attention to his friends. Most people live in a certain group of people, “circle of friends ” ideological condition is very easy to have a subtle influence on people. In Yan Fu’s friends, the first one is Zheng Hsiao-hsuk. As we all know, Zheng Hsiao-hsuk is an active figure in the political arena of the late Qing Dynasty. He served as a consul for Chang Chih-tung during the Qing consul in Osaka, Kobe. He and Yan Fu are fellow, are all Hou Guanban Fujian. They met in Tianjin in June 1885 and from then on