One such was one-time foreign minister Guo Songtao. While serving as an ambassador to London, he saw the British discussing national affairs in their Parliament and mayors who carried out the will of the people.
例如欽差大人郭嵩燾，在出使英國期間看到了倫敦的「巴力門」（國會 parliament）「有維持國是之議」、「買阿爾」（mayor 民選市長）治民有「順從民願之情」。