“打倒军阀”语境下的唐继尧之死

The Death of Tang Jiyao in the Context of “Down with Warlords”

北伐时期,"打倒军阀"成为革命动员的最重要口号和战争进行的最主要目标。在此代际更替的关键时刻,滇系军阀头目唐继尧离世,其死后的寂寞寥落与生前的轰轰烈烈形成大反差,不由得使人感叹:生逢其时,而死不逢时,其故去时正好是人生曲线的最低点,是世态炎凉的最低潮。前时叱咤风云的人物,若不趋新进取,势必被历史迅速淘汰。透过时论,回归语境,感受氛围,给我们考察时代转换之际曾经的要角是如何被世人所迅速"淡忘"、中国近代第一代军阀是如何退出历史舞台提供了别样视角。

In the Northern Expedition, ＂Down with Warlords＂ became the most important slogan for revolutionary mobilization and the dominant target of the war. At this critical moment, Tang Jiyao, the Yunnan warlord died; and his lonely death presented a striking contrast to his vigorous and colorful life. People could not help but lament his untimely death, for he passed away when he was right down at the bottom of his life. Previously powerful and influential figures, if they failed to keep pace with the times, were doomed to be abandoned by history. Contemporary comments and particular historical context provide us with a different perspective on how those once important historical figures soon faded out of the world and how the first-generation warlords in modern China took their curtain calls on the historical stage.