《陶澍全集》的主编陈蒲清教授在其所著的《陶澍传》中,曾依照恩格斯评价意大利诗人但丁“他是中世纪的最后一位诗人,同时又是新时代的最初一位诗人”的说法,说“陶澍是中国古代的最后一位杰出的政治家,同时又是中国近代的最初一位政治家”〔1〕。这与我在其前说“陶澍应是开启中国近代史的杰出政治家”〔2〕,几乎所见略同,只是我更注重的是近代史的分期问题和陶澍对于开启中国近代 In his book “Tao Shu Biography”, Professor Chen Puqing, the editor-in-chief of Tao Shu’s Complete Works, once evaluated the Italian poet Dante in accordance with Engels. “He was the last poet of the Middle Ages and at the same time the first one in the new era Bit poet, ”saying that“ Tao Shu was the last outstanding politician in ancient China and the first politician in modern China ”[1]. This is in line with what I said before that “Tao Shu should be an outstanding politician who opened the modern history of China” [2]. Almost everything I read is alike, except that I pay more attention to the issue of the staging of modern history and Tao Shu’s intention to open China Modern