1861年是清廷失去方向的一年,先是由于1860年的京城被陷,皇帝由此焦虑不已,日夜忧愁,继而病逝;后是当年的8月26日亥时,清廷赖以平洪杨之乱的主将胡林翼病逝于湖北巡抚任上,时年49岁,清廷自然是不知所措了。对于胡林翼之死,小说家之流为其编织了美丽的故事,说是因为胡氏在江面看到洋人来去如飞的快艇,感叹堂堂中国技不如人,忧愤而死;文人之流说 The year 1861 was a year when the Qing court lost its direction. First, as the capital was trapped in 1860, the emperor became so anxious and worried day and night, then died. After that, on August 26 of the same year, Lord Hu Linyi died in Hubei governor, when 49 years old, the Qing court is overwhelmed. For the death of Hu Linyi, novelist weaving a beautiful story for it, saying that because Hu saw the foreigners coming and going in the riverboat on the river, they lamented the Chinese technology is not as good as people, angrily died; literati flow