邓演达是我国民主革命时期一位杰出的军事家、政治家和革命家。他追随孙中山先生,积极支持工农运动,为国民革命作出了出色的贡献。武汉政府时期,作为国民党左派领袖之一,邓演达坚决反对蒋介石的军事独裁和汪精卫的动摇叛变,是国民政府的中流砥柱。国内学术界对于邓演达作为“孙中山的助手”,“共产党的挚友”在大革命时期的表现,是充分肯定的。而对于他进行平民革命、决心推翻蒋介石政权的活动,许多人除钦佩其胆魄外,则持否定态度,认为“这不过是空想”,“是一种主观唯心主义的 Deng Yanda is an outstanding military strategist, statesman and revolutionary in the period of our country’s democratic revolution. He followed Sun Yat-sen and actively supported the workers and peasants movement and made outstanding contributions to the national revolution. During the Wuhan government, as one of the leaders of the Kuomintang leftist party, Deng Yanda firmly opposed Chiang Kai-shek’s military dictatorship and Wang Jingwei’s treacherous mutiny, which was the mainstay of the national government. The domestic academic circles fully affirmed Deng Yanda’s performance as an “assistant to Sun Yat-sen” and “best friend of the Communist Party” during the Great Revolution. As for his activities of committing civilians and his determination to overthrow the Chiang Kai-shek regime, many people, aside from admiration for their courage, held a negative attitude that “it is nothing but an imagination,” "a subjective idealism