一封新发见黄彭年复唐炯书信

Huang Pengnian's Correspondence Been Found

清同治二年,太平天国翼王石达开在大渡河兵败、在成都就义,当时目睹石达开之死的的黄彭年,在书信和日记中留下了记录。他的日记《黎雅纪行》已有抄本行世,书信则未见。最近在贵阳出现的黄彭年覆唐炯书,内容涉及石达开的途穷就俘与从容就义、清军背信杀降、黄氏对石达开的评价,是珍贵的历史资料。

In the year1863, Shih Ta-k'ai, the Yi King of Taiping Heavenly Kingkom and his army were defeated at the Dadu River and then he died a martyr in Chengdu. Huang Peng-nian, who witnessed the death of Shih Ta-k'ai Peng years at that time, recorded what exactly happened then in his correspondence and diaries. The hand-copied version of Travel to Liya, one of his diaries, has been found; while his correspondence has not been discovered until recently. The recently-found Huang Pengnian to Tang Jiong Correspondence in Guiy-ang is a piece of valuable historical information, for it involves how Shih Ta-k'ai's was taken prison and died after being cornered, how the army of Qing Dynasty broke their agreement with him and killed him, and Huang's opinion of Shih Ta-k'ai.