李鴻章一向蒙受“賣國”的蔑稱,連带他辛苦操持三十年之久的洋務運動也被輕易否定。但李合肥其人在晚清政治舞臺自有其精彩。甲午戰敗他雖然難辭其咎,但主戰的清流黨們也當負誤國之責。一八九四至一八九五年的中日甲午戰争的悲劇性在于:不是不當和而和,而是不當而戰。狡詐的日人以一環接一環的圈套企圖把中國拖入戰争,清廷則一步緊跟一步地跌進圈套。戰争模式是人家早已經設計好了的,中國一方不過是戰敗的 Li Hung-chang has always suffered from the “scandalous name” of “traitorous country.” The foreign affairs movement that accompanied him for thirty years of hard work was also easily denied. However, Li Hefei’s people have their own wonderful stage in the political arena in the late Qing Dynasty. Although he was not allowed to give up the blame for the defeat in the Sino-Japanese War of 1894, the main stream of the Qingliu Party should also be responsible for mistakes. The tragedy of the Sino-Japanese Sino-Japanese Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1755 was that it was not an improper sum and a war but an improper war. The deceitful Japanese attempted to drag China into the war by means of a series of rings, while the Qing court moved one step behind into the trap. The war model is that people have already designed well, but the Chinese side is only defeated