张之洞与中日甲午战争

Zhang Zhi-dong and the War Between China and Japan

中日甲午战争是中国近代史上的一个转折点 ,作为后方最重要封疆大吏之一的张之洞并未吸取中法战争的经验教训 ,中日战争中他筹防所辖的湖广、两江 ,却不援在前线作战的北洋军队 ;他的“以夷制夷”的外交政策没有产生实际作用 ;他的保台计划和实践也以其个人声誉和仕途为转移。因此 ,在中日战争期间 ,张之洞还不是一个成熟的具有现代意识的官员 ,这对战争具有重要影响。

The war between China and Japan in 1895 changèd the history of modern China. As one of the most important ministers far from the battle-front,Zhang Zhi-dong did not absorb the lesson from the war between China and France in 1884.In the war between China and Japan,he defended the provinces of Hunan and Hubei and the the provinces of Jiangnan and Jiangxi where he was a general-governor,but he refused to support the troops on the battle-front;his policy of dipomacy is useless.His plan of safeguarding Taiwan was to defend his own reputation and official career.So in the war between China and Japan,Zhang Zhi-dong was not a developed or modern official,which was important to the war.