Originally Li Hongzhang

Author: Niu Guanjie
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Publish Date: 2006-09-01
Features: Experts review historical figures, authoritatively interpreting the mysteries. Historian Lucien Febvre of France once said: "Our task is to create history, because in a turbulent world, only history can help us face life without fear." This is even more true in today's fast-paced era, where more people hope to understand our past to better focus on our future. The purpose of the "Great History Lecture" series is precisely this—to present the past to readers in a concise way, integrating history into rational thinking and humanistic reflection. Thus, history is no longer just about the past; it will also help us pay attention to the future. Building the navy, constructing warships, opening mines, building railways, and sending students abroad—all the fresh air that entered the dark and somber Qing Empire was closely linked to the name Li Hongzhang; the Treaty of Shimonoseki, the Boxer Protocol, territorial cession, indemnities, loss of sovereignty, and the most sorrowful, tragic, and humiliating memories in modern Chinese history are also closely tied to the name Li Hongzhang. Reading Li Hongzhang's life is not just about the ups and downs of an individual's life curve, but about an era, a declining dynasty, stubbornly resisting and struggling, yet ultimately inevitably falling into the fate of destruction with a sense of helplessness. I admire Li Hongzhang's talent, I pity Li Hongzhang's wisdom, I mourn Li Hongzhang's fate.—Liang Qichao
This book records Li Hongzhang and his era with detailed materials, documenting the sorrow and tragedy of his time. It includes Li Hongzhang and his era, building the Huai Army, the Beiyang Navy, the production of machinery for machinery, China's first batch of students, modern telegraph, new-style mining, the China Merchants' Steam Navigation Company, the construction of railways, and his diplomatic career.