游记是注重社会学意义上的实地考察与研究的美国人了解异国文化的重要媒介。本文通过梳理19世纪美国三位著名游记作家——贝亚德.泰勒、詹姆斯.威尔逊和艾丽查.西德莫尔——的中国主题游记作品力求呈现中美接触早期美国游记中的中国形象以及这种形象在美国自身文化身份建构方面所起的作用。 Travels are an important medium for Americans to understand foreign cultures focusing on sociological fieldwork and research. This article aims to present the Chinese image of the early American travelogue by China and the United States by combing Chinese travelogue works written by three famous American travel writers in the 19th century, such as: Bayard Taylor, James Wilson, and Elise Westmorell And the role this image plays in the construction of the United States’ own cultural identity.