Again a success:at the [Zongli]Yamen today,they returned to me my lun [A Bystander's View]asking me to make a few changes in it,where it is not quite intelligible;the reason for doing this is that it is about to be sent to the people outside-i.e.the Tuh Foo (governors General and Governors)[], &c.&c.&c.,for their edification criticism-the object in view being to let the outsiders see that the [Zongli]Yamen has great responsibilities on its shoulders,that while it does not shrink,they must not make its tasks more difficult by interference,&c.Hurrah!I presume it will go out by Edict:at all events,here I am being made use of to aid progressionists in china!I hope they may not astutely make me their dupe! On 6 November,Hart sent the revised one to Prince Gong but on that day he was in Chefoo.10 On 1 April 1866,Prince Gong submitted his proposal to the Throne: On5 March 1866,Wade submitted his新議略論.il On the same date,the Throne issued an Edict to instruct the Governors-General whose provinces were opened to foreign trade to comment Hart's and Wade's essays.12 Unfortunately,the 17 October 1865 version cannot be found now but it must be much more critical than the 6 November 1865 one.In other words,the Empresses accepted the more critical version. Zhejiang Governor-General Ma Xinyi (who was instructed to comment on the Bystander View'argued: Hart suggested that the Foreign Powers could help China to train the troops, 9 Entry on 28 October 1865,Smith,Fairbank and Bruner,Robert Hart and China's Early Modernization,329-330. 10 Smith,Fairbank and Bruner,Robert Hart and China's Early Modernization,284. ⅡPrince Gong,奏請飭下通商各省督撫及南北通商大臣各就局外旁觀論外國新議略論說帖三件 悉心妥議各抒所見，vol.-L,413-414. I2 Tongzhi's Edict,.英人既有旁親論及說帖著官文等就该省地方情形亟早等维(Due to the Briton's Bystander's View,the Emperor Instruct Guanwen to prepare as early as possible )1 April 1866,quoted in Jindai zhongguo dui xifang ji lieqian renshi ziliao huibian,vol.2.1,23. 55 Again a success: at the [Zongli] Yamen today, they returned to me my lun [A Bystander’s View] asking me to make a few changes in it, where it is not quite intelligible; the reason for doing this is that it is about to be sent to the people outside – i.e. the Tuh Foo (governors General and Governors) [督撫], &c. &c. &c., for their edification & criticism – the object in view being to let the outsiders see that the [Zongli] Yamen has great responsibilities on its shoulders, & that while it does not shrink, they must not make its tasks more difficult by interference, &c. Hurrah! I presume it will go out by Edict: at all events, here I am being made use of to aid progressionists in china! I hope they may not astutely make me their dupe! 9 On 6 November, Hart sent the revised one to Prince Gong but on that day he was in Chefoo.10 On 1 April 1866, Prince Gong submitted his proposal to the Throne: On 5 March 1866, Wade submitted his 新議略論.11 On the same date, the Throne issued an Edict to instruct the Governors-General whose provinces were opened to foreign trade to comment Hart’s and Wade’s essays.12 Unfortunately, the 17 October 1865 version cannot be found now but it must be much more critical than the 6 November 1865 one. In other words, the Empresses accepted the more critical version. Zhejiang Governor-General Ma Xinyi (馬新貽) who was instructed to comment on the ‘Bystander View’ argued: Hart suggested that the Foreign Powers could help China to train the troops, 9 Entry on 28 October 1865, Smith, Fairbank and Bruner, Robert Hart and China’s Early Modernization, 329-330. 10 Smith, Fairbank and Bruner, Robert Hart and China’s Early Modernization, 284. 11 Prince Gong, 奏請飭下通商各省督撫及南北通商大臣各就局外旁觀論外國新議略論說帖三件 悉心妥議各抒所見, vol. II-I, 413-414. 12 Tongzhi’s Edict, 英人既有旁觀論及說帖著官文等就該省地方情形亟早籌維 (Due to the Briton’s Bystander’s View, the Emperor Instruct Guanwen to prepare as early as possible ), 1 April 1866, quoted in Jindai zhongguo dui xifang ji lieqian renshi ziliao huibian, vol. 2.1, 23