This day, 6 January, in 1876, Guo Songtao, the first Chinese minister based abroad and the first minister of the Qing Dynasty to the United Kingdom, landed at the Port of Southampton. During his time in the UK, Guo attended debates in the House of Commons, carefully studied the history of parliamentary politics, advocated learning from the West and supported the Westernisation Movement.
这一天，1876年1月6日，中国驻外第一大臣、清朝第一任驻英国大臣郭松涛在南安普敦港登陆。 在英國期間，郭出席了下議院的辯論，仔細研究了议会政治史，主張向西方學習，並支援西方化運動。
