Zeng Guofan (18 1 1 year165438+1October 26th-1March 872 12), whose first name was Zicheng, whose real name was Bohan. China was a politician, strategist, philosopher and writer in modern times, the founder and commander-in-chief of Xiang Army.

2. Li Hongzhang

Li Hongzhang (1823 February15—1901October 7th), whose real name is getting better and better, [fú], No. Many people in the world call it "Li", so people also call it "Mr. Li Er" because of his second line.

3. Left Tang Zong

Zuo (1812165438+1October1September 5, 885), Han nationality, with high word season, simple word, andno. Xiangnong. Hunan Xiangyin people. In the late Qing dynasty, he was an important minister, strategist and politician, a famous soldier of Xiang army and one of the representatives of Westernization School. Together with Zeng Guofan, Li Hongzhang and Zhang Zhidong, they are called "the four famous ministers of ZTE in the late Qing Dynasty".

4. Zhang Zhidong

Zhang Zhidong (1837 September 2-19091kloc-0/October 4) was filial to Xiang Tao, and was called "handsome" when he was governor, so everyone called him "Zhang Xiangshuai". A famous minister in the late Qing Dynasty, a representative of the Westernization School in the Qing Dynasty, was born in Xingyi Prefecture, Guizhou Province, and his ancestral home was Nanpi, Zhili.

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Zeng Guofan, Li Hongzhang, Zuo and Zhang Zhidong were all representatives of the Westernization School during the Westernization Movement in the Qing Dynasty. The Westernization School takes "learning from foreign countries and constantly striving for self-improvement" as its main purpose, and takes "learning as the body and using western learning" as its principle. The main representatives in the central government are Manchu aristocratic officials represented by Prince Gong, Xin and Wen Xiang.

In the Sino-Japanese War, beiyang fleet was completely annihilated and the Westernization Movement went bankrupt. Westernization Movement took place in the special historical stage of modern society in China, which was a self-help movement of failed feudal rulers. The goal of Westernization School is to maintain feudal rule, not to lead China to capitalism.

Instead of making China rich and strong, the first batch of modern enterprises appeared in China by introducing advanced western science and technology. The Westernization Movement accumulated production experience for modern enterprises in China, cultivated technical strength, objectively promoted the emergence and development of Chinese national capitalism, and paved the way for China's modernization.

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