In the late Qing Dynasty, due to poverty and weakness,
Lin Asheng, a young fisherman, applied for the shipping school.
Work hard to get the opportunity to study abroad,
From Fuzhou to London, I witnessed colonial hegemony, industrial civilization, cultural conflicts, slavery and oppression...
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The book describes the story of a poor boy from a fisherman's family in Fuzhou in the late Qing Dynasty who enrolled in the Fuzhou Shipbuilding School in order to sail foreign ships. In the school, he overcame difficulties in learning foreign languages, arithmetic, navigation, engineering, etc., As well as obstacles and practical life-and-death tests from his fellow officials and officials. He finally got the opportunity to study in the UK. On the way from Fuzhou to London, he saw the world. The oppression of the local people by the colonial hegemony of the fallen empire, the bizarre ocean scenery, and the increasingly prominent conflicts of civilizations are interspersed with historical details such as astronomy, geography, steam engines, architecture, port food, fishing, navigation, clothing, currency, transportation, etc. It is a good article worth calming down and reading.
The book describes the story of a poor boy from a fisherman's family in Fuzhou in the late Qing Dynasty who enrolled in the Fuzhou Shipbuilding School in order to sail foreign ships. In the school, he overcame difficulties in learning foreign languages, arithmetic, navigation, engineering, etc., As well as obstacles and practical life-and-death tests from his fellow officials and officials. He finally got the opportunity to study in the UK. On the way from Fuzhou to London, he saw the world. The oppression of the local people by the colonial hegemony of the fallen empire, the bizarre ocean scenery, and the increasingly prominent conflicts of civilizations are interspersed with historical details such as astronomy, geography, steam engines, architecture, port food, fishing, navigation, clothing, currency, transportation, etc. It is a good article worth calming down and reading.