This book systematically and comprehensively presents Sheng Xuanhuai's complete journey from a feudal intellectual to a talent in the Self-Strengthening Movement, and then to a giant of modern industry. It records Sheng Xuanhuai's activities during the Self-Strengthening Movement, including founding and managing steamships, telegraphs, textiles, coal and iron mines, and railways; establishing banks; and founding modern Chinese universities. The book comprehensively reflects and evaluates Sheng Xuanhuai's life and his role, contributions, and influence in modern Chinese history. It profoundly reveals the contradiction between Sheng Xuanhuai's "progressive economic practices and conservative political views," pointing out his historical limitations.
本书系统、全面地展现了盛宣怀从封建知识分子转变为洋务人才, 再到成为近代实业巨擘的完整历程。记载了盛宣怀在洋务运动中创办并经营轮船、电报、纺织、煤铁矿、铁路等实业, 创办银行、开办中国近代大学堂等活动, 全面地反映和评价了盛宣怀的一生及其在中国近代史上的作用、贡献与影响。本书深刻揭示了盛宣怀一生中“进步的经济实践与保守的政治主张之间的矛盾”, 指出了其历史局限性。
本书系统、全面地展现了盛宣怀从封建知识分子转变为洋务人才, 再到成为近代实业巨擘的完整历程。记载了盛宣怀在洋务运动中创办并经营轮船、电报、纺织、煤铁矿、铁路等实业, 创办银行、开办中国近代大学堂等活动, 全面地反映和评价了盛宣怀的一生及其在中国近代史上的作用、贡献与影响。本书深刻揭示了盛宣怀一生中“进步的经济实践与保守的政治主张之间的矛盾”, 指出了其历史局限性。
