"挟洋"与"自重":1931年国联中国教育考察引发华洋论争的虚与实OACHSSCD

The League of Nations Educational Mission to China in 1931 was an important component of technical cooperation between the Nanjing National Government and the League of Nations,and an important event in the history of Sino-foreign educational exchanges in the Re-public of China.It was also questioned by domestic public opinion at the time as an act of leveraging foreign authority for self-legitimation.By examining the factors involved in the production process of the report,including the selection of investigation subjects,the arrangement of itiner-aries,the sources of materials,statistical data,and the origins of key arguments it is not difficult to find that the National Government subjective-ly did not rule out the mentality of worshipping foreigners,seeking to enhance its own legitimacy by drawing on foreign authority.It relied on foreign experts to articulate the education problems and reform plans that domestic education experts have repeatedly talked about.At the same time,it also functioned as a means of leveraging external expertise for domestic reform,further strengthening the National Government's tenden-cy and determination to reform education.