我虽是历史专业出身 ,但在读大学时对北洋军阀史却了解很少 ,仅仅只在课余读过一本丁文江所写的《民国军事近纪》 ,约略知道一点袁世凯北洋军和直皖奉三系军阀的情况而已。1 949年 9月 ,我结束了在华北大学的政治学习后 ,被分配到由该校副校长范文澜教授主持的历史研究室 ,当一 Although I was a graduate of history, I did not know much about the history of the Northern Warlords at the time I was a student. I only read one of the “Min Ji Military Literatures” written by Ding Wenjiang after class. I knew a little about Yuan Shikai and Yang Zhijun, Department of warlord situation only. In September 1949, after I finished my political study at North China University, I was assigned to the History Laboratory under the chairmanship of Professor Fan Wenlan,