李棠阶与鸦片战争

Li Tangjie and the Opium War

李棠阶平生潜心研究理学,以道德楷模闻名于世,对于战争的发生、发展给予了极大的关注。鸦片战争结束后,被任命为广东提督学政,通过在当地的调查,认为朝廷的战抚不定、将帅无能及清军贪生怕死导致战争的失败。他认为朝廷赏罚不明、用人不当是导致战败的主要原因,并主张吸取教训整饬军备,以防备敌人的再次入侵。

In his life,Li Tangjie has devoted his life to the study of theory and is famous for his moral role model. After the Opium War,he was appointed to the Guangdong admirals of political science through the investigation in the local court,which continues the indefinite and incompetent generals and the fear of death that led to the failure of the war. He believes that the court,reward and punishment unknown with the wrong people,which is the main cause of the defeat and it advocated the lessons with straighten arms to guard against the enemy again.