The French Image Portrayed by Wang Tao in His Works

As the first intellectual who visited France individually, Wang Tao invested every aspect of the country, such as economy, military, culture education, etc.He composed comprehensive understanding of France in his travel note Recording of Traveling. When the War between Prussia and Farce broke out,he wrote Veritable Records of the War between Prussia and France and The Revised Edition of the Distract Annals of France, which opened a window for those who anxious to comprehend the outside world. The French image he Portrayed in his works based on his own experience and his studies on France presented the highest level of the Chinese cognition about France at that time.