左宗棠是近代中国历史上倍受关注的人物之一,不仅因为他作为一个地主阶级军事家在国内战争和收复新疆有特殊建树,还因为他作为一个政治活动家具有开放意识的文化观念。左宗棠的西学观是立足于维护封建统治,具有典型的两面性,颇有研究价值。 Zuo Zongtang was one of the most frequently watched figures in the history of modern China, not only because of his special contribution to the civil war and the rehabilitation of Xinjiang as a landlord class military, but also because of his open-minded cultural concept as a political activist. Zuo Zongtang’s view of Western learning is based on the maintenance of feudal rule, with a typical two-sidedness, quite a research value.