广东团练总局设于1858年,至1862年解散。它与曾国藩所编练的地方团练不同,除镇压地方武装叛乱外,兼具抗击英法联军的作用。展示广东团练总局在第二次鸦片战争期间的一系列活动,可以此说明此时期广东地方士绅借助内忧外患的机遇来扩张自身势力的趋向,以及探讨地方团练赖以生存发展的基础等问题。 Guangdong Tuan Lianju set in 1858, dissolved in 1862. It is different from the local group practice practiced by Tseng Kuo-fan. Apart from repressing local armed rebellions, it is also capable of fighting against the Anglo-French coalition forces. A series of activities of the TPLG during the Second Opium War demonstrate Guangdong’s tendency of local gentry to expand its own power by means of internal and external threats and to discuss the basis for the existence and development of local Lhosting leaders.