“秀才将军”吴佩孚悯民思想的侧面

On the Side Sympathy Mind of Wu Peifu the " Scholar General"

"秀才将军"吴佩孚,自诩儒家为其修身根底,在军阀丛立的民国如同鹤立。他的一生复杂得让人难以琢磨:他骄傲,目空当世;他曾跟上时代的节拍,他又落伍于时代的脚步;他愿意远小人,但他不能去小人;他自认懂得儒家政治,便可驾驭军阀,但他实际不懂军阀政治,不能军阀政治,不离军阀政治,又无法不卷入军阀政治,只好伴随着曙光辉明,娉牵着龌龊共舞。显然,他的政治情怀和意欲理想的作为,不能用现代人的眼光去考量。其"五四通电"、"国民大会建立"、"罢兵主和"及"故宫尚存"等人生轨迹和史实,展示出"秀才将军"悯民思想的侧面。

Wu Peifu, the scholar general, calls himself cultivated by Confucian philosophy which makes him become an outstanding warlord in the republic of China. Living a complex and elusive life, Wu is so arrogant and high-handed. He ever keeps up with but also falls behind the times;he is willing to keep far away from the villains but is unable to lose them; he admits warlords can be controlled with a good command of the Confucian politics but actually he can＇t operate warlord politics without any idea of it;he can＇t escape for being involved in it. With a life full of glory and foulness, it is obvious that his political ideals and deeds can＇t be judged by modern people. This paper studied his life path from four aspects：his sympathy mind, the conduct of his ideal, his proposal of cease-fire and his love for all people and living creatures.