The case of Kang Aide is interesting because of her apparent centrality as well as her hidden marginality to various projects of modernity.

• 康女士这一个案的有趣之处就在于她从边缘到中心的过程，恰恰是晚清历史一个侧面的写照，从而使我们得以仔细观照一个现代神话的创造过程。