在我国铁道建设与交通近代化的历史进程中,孙中山与汤寿潜都是这一进程的前驱者与推动者。他们为我国铁路建设事业作出了不朽的功绩。用比较的方法研究这两个人物对我国铁道建设的指导思想、理论与实践,不仅开辟了一个新的研究领域以深化对历史人物的认识,也可以为当前建设有中国特色的社会主义提供历史借鉴。孙中山与汤寿潜有不同的政治环境与时代背景,但他们对铁道建设的重要价值的认识,在同辈人中达到了近乎一致的高度。在19世纪末、20世纪初的风云岁月中,修筑铁路是当时全国人民反对外来侵略思想的反映,也是我国资产阶级要求开发、利用本国资源和扩大市场、争取发展资本主义的强烈愿 In the historical process of railway construction and traffic modernization in our country, both Sun Yat-sen and Tang Shoushian are precursors and promoters of this process. They have made immortal achievements in the railway construction in our country. A comparative study of the guiding ideology, theory and practice of these two personalities on the railway construction in our country not only opens up a new research field to deepen our understanding of historical figures, but also provides a historical record for the current construction of socialism with Chinese characteristics Learn from Sun Yat-sen and Tang Shous-hsien have different political environments and background of the times. However, their understanding of the important value of railway construction has reached a nearly identical height among their peers. In the twilight years of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, the construction of the railway was a reflection of the people’s thinking against external aggression at the time and a strong desire of our bourgeoisie to develop, utilize their own resources and expand the market, and to strive for the development of capitalism