郭嵩焘第二阶段的官宦生涯正值湘军攻克天京前后,郭氏个人的命运与湘军的命运从而具有了某种一致性,郭氏个人的命运其实也正演绎着曾氏集团的命运,在郭氏个人荣辱的背后,清政府中央和地方权力之争正如火如荼地展开。 Guo Songtao’s official career in the second stage coincided with the fact that the fortunes of Kuo’s personal fate and that of the Hunan army had some consistency before and after the capture by the Hunan Army of Tianjing. In fact, Gu’s personal destiny was also deducing the fate of the Tsang Group, Behind Guo’s personal honor and disgrace, the Qing government’s struggle for power between the central government and the local government was in full swing.