义和团运动期间,攻打紫竹林,是义和团在天津同帝国主义侵略者进行的一次很有名的战斗。因此,不少近代史著述中经常提到它,有的辞典中也收入了这个词目。但一些著述中对紫竹林这个地方在地理概念或历史了解上,都表现出不同程度的模糊。最普遍的,认为义和团攻打紫竹就是攻打了天津所有的帝国主义租界。也有的提法不准确,如说“与天津城接壤的紫竹林”等,甚至还有“在张德成‘天下第一团’猛攻租界的同时,曹福田率领义和团联合部分爱国官兵,不断攻击老龙头火车站和法租界”这样明显的错误。因此,在历史研究和教学上就有必要弄清紫竹林的历史和地理状况。 The attack on Zizhu Lin during the Yihetuan Movement was a well-known battle of the Boxers in Tianjin with the imperialist aggressors. Therefore, many modern history writings often mention it, and some dictionaries are also included in this term. However, some writings show different degrees of ambiguity to the geographical concept or historical understanding of the purple bamboo forest. Most commonly, it is believed that the Boxer’s attack on Zizhu attacked all the imperialist concessions in Tianjin. Some of the references are not accurate. For example, “the Zizhu Lin adjacent to Tianjin City” and even “even as the first regiment of Zhang Decheng assaulted the concession, Cao Futian led the Boxers in uniting some patriotic officers and men and constantly attacking the old leader Train station and the French Concession ”such a clear mistake. Therefore, it is necessary to understand the history and geography of Zizhu Lin in historical research and teaching.