Instead it carried with it the serious objective of becoming a "rich and powerful" nation. The eyes of these travelers were opened. But a persistent problem remained then and is still with us today: Cultural exchange is always limited by time and space, and is always conducted on an unequal basis.
旅行至此，已經不是如晚明風花雪月的純遊賞，而是帶著「富國強兵」嚴肅使命而去，旅行家的眼界看似開闊，但留下來亙古的問題則是，文化的交流如何能夠不受時空限制，平起平坐？