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黄遵宪使日与湖南新政行迹（1848年 — 1905年 · 清道光二十八年—光绪三十一年）
Huang Zunxian: Envoy to Meiji Japan, Reformer at Home (1848 CE – 1905 CE · Late Qing China)
时代跨度：1848年 — 1905年 · 清道光二十八年—光绪三十一年
途经站点：共 10 站
起点 → 终点：嘉应州 → 嘉应
全线途经古今地名：嘉应州（今广东梅州） → 烟台（今山东烟台） → 顺天（今北京） → 东京（今日本东京） → 上海（今上海） → 北京（今北京） → 长沙（今湖南长沙） → 上海（今上海） → 嘉应人境庐（今广东梅州） → 嘉应（今广东梅州）。
Route Stops: Jiaying Prefecture (Meizhou, Guangdong) → Chefoo (Yantai) (Yantai, Shandong) → Shuntian (Beijing) (Beijing) → Tokyo (Tokyo, Japan) → Shanghai (Shanghai) → Beijing (Beijing) → Changsha (Changsha, Hunan) → Shanghai (Shanghai) → Renjing Lu, Jiaying (Meizhou, Guangdong) → Jiaying (Meizhou, Guangdong).
黄遵宪使日与湖南新政行迹 · 逐站时空坐标、古今地名与史料诗词详解（10 站）
生于广东嘉应州（今梅州）客家商人家庭，字公度；二十九岁中举前已以诗名，后自号“人境庐主人”。
Huang Zunxian was born to a Hakka family in Jiaying, modern Meizhou; a poet from his twenties, he would call his studio the Hut-in-the-Midst-of-Men.
随父漫游烟台，谒李鸿章、张荫桓，纵谈洋务；李鸿章当众称其为“霸才”。
Traveling with his father to Chefoo, Huang discussed foreign affairs with Li Hongzhang, who hailed the young man publicly as a “hegemonic talent.”
再应顺天乡试，中第 141 名举人；决意弃科第，走外交洋务之路。
Passing the Shuntian provincial examination in Beijing, Huang chose diplomacy over the further grind of the examinations.
随首任驻日公使何如璋由上海启程，自神户登陆东渡，任驻日公使馆参赞近五年；与日本朝野文士唱酬，作《日本杂事诗》二百首，并“发凡起例”草创《日本国志》；琉球交涉中据理力争。
Sailing with China's first minister to Japan, Huang served nearly five years as legation counselor in Tokyo, trading poems with Japanese literati, writing two hundred miscellanies on Japan, and drafting his great Gazetteer of Japan.
先后出使旧金山总领事、驻英参赞、新加坡总领事；甲午之败使其《日本国志》纸贵一时；归国后与汪康年在上海创办《时务报》，延梁启超为主笔。
After consulships in San Francisco, London and Singapore, Huang returned to find his Gazetteer of Japan suddenly indispensable; in Shanghai he founded Shiwu Bao with Liang Qichao as its star writer.
九月光绪帝召见，问“泰西之政何以胜中国”，黄遵宪对以“悉由变法”，帝为动容，遂决意重用。
Summoned by the young emperor, who asked why the West prevailed, Huang answered plainly — “by reform” — and won Guangxu's confidence.
光绪问：“泰西之政何以胜中国？”黄遵宪对：“悉由变法——臣在伦敦，闻父老言，百年以前，尚不如中华。”The emperor: "Why does Western government prevail?" Huang Zunxian: "Entirely through reform — in London I heard old men say that a century ago they were not our equals."
署理湖南按察使，与巡抚陈宝箴推行新政，创办时务学堂、南学会，亲邀梁启超任中文总教习，育出蔡锷等才。
As acting provincial judge of Hunan, Huang helped Chen Baozhen drive the Hunan New Policies — the Current Affairs Academy with Liang Qichao, and the Southern Study Society — nurturing Cai E among others.
戊戌变法中曾被命充出使日本大臣，未及成行而政变作，被劾放归。
Named minister to Japan during the Hundred Days, Huang never sailed; when the coup came he was dismissed and sent home.
放归故里，筑“人境庐”以居，与梁启超书札往还论学论政，成《人境庐诗草》诸作；其“我手写我口”为诗界革命先声。
In enforced retirement Huang built his famous studio in Meizhou, carrying on a correspondence with Liang Qichao and perfecting the “poetry revolution” creed of writing as one speaks.
三月病逝于嘉应，年五十七；梁启超推为“近世诗界三杰”之冠，日本史家称其“最有风度、最有教养的外交家”。
Huang died at home in 1905; Liang Qichao ranked him first among the three masters of the new poetry, and Japanese historians remembered the most gracious of envoys.