《左宗棠》内容简介
左宗棠,清朝大臣,著名湘军将领。他的一生颇具传奇色彩。少时屡试不第,转而留意农事,遍读群书,钻研舆地、兵法。后竟因此成为清朝后期著名大臣,官至东阁大学士、军机大臣等。一生经历了湘军平定太平天国运动,创办洋务运动,镇压陕甘回变和收复新疆、开发西北等重要历史事件。其收复新疆、维护国家统一的壮举向来为人们所称道。作者集多年的研究心得,运用大量的史料和近年发现的新成果,以通俗的文笔和严谨的学术观点,著成了本书。同时为了阅读方便,让内容更形象直观,加配了一些插图,使本书成为了一本具有一定时代感的历史人物传记。
作者简介
杨东梁,从事近代史研究与教学的专业学者。1981年中国人民大学清史研究所研究生毕业。曾任中国人民大学历史系讲师、副教授、教研室主任,中国人民大学图书馆常务副馆长等职。是中国人民大学学术委员会第五、六、七届委员,北京历史学会第五、六届理事,北京地区高校图书馆工作委员会委员。作者长期致力于对晚清史、尤其是左宗棠相关方面的研究,其学术观点独到、深入,早年曾受到国家领导人王震的称赞,称其“治学态度严谨,搜集史料丰富”。
Brief introduction of General Tso
Zuo Zongtang, Qing Dynasty minister, famous Hunan Army general. His life was legendary. When he was young, he tried repeatedly and failed, and turned to pay attention to farming, read all the books, and delved into geography and military art. After that, he became a famous minister in the late Qing Dynasty, official to the East Pavilion grand bachelor, Minister of military aircraft and so on. In his life, he experienced important historical events such as the pacification of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom Movement by the Hunan Army, the founding of the Westernization Movement, the suppression of the Shaan-Gansu Revolution, the recovery of Xinjiang and the development of Northwest China. His feat of recovering Xinjiang and safeguarding national unity has always been praised by people. The author collects many years of research experience, uses a large number of historical materials and new achievements discovered in recent years, and writes this book in a popular style and a rigorous academic viewpoint. At the same time, in order to read easily and make the content more visual, some illustrations are added, making this book a historical biography with a certain sense of The Times.
About the author
Yang Dongliang is a professional scholar engaged in the research and teaching of modern history. In 1981, he graduated from the Institute of Qing History of Renmin University of China. He was a lecturer, associate professor, director of the Department of History of Renmin University of China, and Executive deputy director of the library of Renmin University of China. He is the fifth, sixth and seventh member of the Academic Committee of Renmin University of China, the fifth and sixth member of the Beijing Historical Society, and the member of the Beijing regional University Library Working Committee. The author has long been committed to the history of the late Qing Dynasty, especially the related aspects of Zuo Zongtang. His academic views are unique and in-depth, and he was praised by the national leader Wang Zhen in his early years, saying that he "has a rigorous attitude to study and a rich collection of historical materials".