淮阴工学院学报

明清时期，大运河不仅是国内贯通南北的经济命脉与文化走廊，也是外国人观察中国物质文明与地域文化的独特窗口。马戛尔尼使团日记主要是由约翰·巴罗、乔治·斯当东等人撰写，日记中详细记录了18世纪末使团沿运河航行的种种见闻，既有对运河船闸、水利工程等技术细节的细致描述，又生动描绘了运河沿岸城镇的繁荣景象与风土民情，为研究明清运河社会提供了珍贵的一手资料。对这些暗含欧洲中心主义认知框架的域外记载进行系统梳理与比较分析，可以更全面地还原京杭大运河的历史图景，深化对运河沿线社会生态、经济发展以及文化交融的理解，同时也为反思近代中西关系的演变提供新的思考路径。

During the Ming and Qing dynasties,the Grand Canal served not only as a vital economic lifeline and cultural corridor connecting northern and southern China but also as a unique window for foreigners to observe China's material civilization and regional cultures. The journals of the Macartney Mission were primarily written by John Barrow,George Staunton,and others,documenting in detail the various observations of the mission's voyage along the canal in the late 18 th century. These records are include meticulous descriptions of technical details such as canal locks and hydraulic engineering,as well as vivid portrayals of the prosperity and customs of towns along the canal,providing invaluable firsthand materials for studying the Grand Canal society of the Ming and Qing periods. Systematically organizing and comparatively analyzing these foreign accounts,which are imbued with a Eurocentric cognitive framework,can more comprehensively reconstruct the historical panorama of the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal,deepen understanding of the social ecology,economic development,and cultural integration along the canal,and also offer new perspectives for reflecting on the evolution of modern Sino-Western relations.