When Lin Zexu was governor, he set up a translation hall to translate foreign books on the spot, and also recruited skilled craftsmen to imitate advanced western machine warships.
Going abroad to see the world should refer to the five-year rule of the Westernization School (1866). It was the first time that the Qing government sent people to the Western Ocean.
The Westernization School advocated that middle schools should take western learning as the main body, put forward the slogan of self-improvement by learning from foreigners, and set out to establish modern military and civilian industries. They also set up a naval yamen and two naval divisions in Beiyang and Nanyang.
Looking at the world by imitating foreign reforms refers to the reform of Kang Liang.
Kang Youwei, Liang Qichao and others hope to establish a constitutional national assembly through the bourgeois reform movement, follow the example of Britain and Japan, and change China into a constitutional monarchy.
In understanding, we can start with the limitations of the landlord class and the bourgeoisie and the attitude of western powers towards China.