Zuo Zongtang is not only a Chinese great man, but also a world-class great man.
Most Chinese people only know Zuo Zongtang’s name, but they don’t know who he was, and even less about him.
Why did Liang Qichao say Zuo Zongtang was "the greatest man in five hundred years"? Why did Zeng Guofan say that Zuo Zongtang is "the number one person in the world today"? Why did Mr. Lu Xun include Zuo Zongtang as the "backbone of China"? Why did the American "Time" magazine rank Zuo Zongtang, Mao Zedong and Genghis Khan as the three smartest Chinese celebrities in the world? How did Zuo Zongtang achieve his unparalleled greatness? This book tells you in detail -
A down-and-out rural youth marries an artistic young woman, makes a close friend in the officialdom, gets a friend who can promote him, and takes risks in the most trouble-making position. Unexpectedly, Dangerous places are safer, he was promoted smoothly along the way, succeeded quickly, became a prime minister and became a marquis. What was Zuo Zongtang's path to success?
Zuo Zongtang was an outstanding statesman, military strategist, and thinker in modern China. He was also a great patriot who dared to resolutely resist foreign aggression. Together with Zeng Guofan, Li Hongzhang, and Zhang Zhidong, he was also known as one of the "Four Great ZTE Famous People in the Late Qing Dynasty." minister". It has experienced the 19th century of mankind relatively completely, witnessing and participating in the global themes of "rise and decline, aggression and counter-aggression, war and politics".
This book takes the major events in Zuo Zongtang’s life as the main line, and the relationship between Tao Shu, Hu Linyi, Lin Zexu, Zeng Guofan, Guo Songtao, Wang Kaiyun, Hu Xueyan, Li Hongzhang, Cixi and others and Zuo Zongtang as the auxiliary line. , uses vivid and perceptible stories to objectively and realistically describe the twists and turns of Zuo Zongtang’s legendary life. From a contemporary and vivid perspective, it deeply analyzes Zuo Zongtang’s unique political strategy and wisdom, and details the “great changes unseen in three thousand years.” The fierce power struggle in officialdom in the late Qing Dynasty, both in front of and behind the scenes, and the path to official promotion.
Why did the late Qing Dynasty produce such a legendary figure as Zuo Zongtang? How do we understand and treat Zuo Zongtang today? This book puts aside the inherent stereotypes of history and makes a new review from a contemporary perspective, aiming to bring enlightenment to contemporary people.