左宗棠父亲早逝,家境贫寒,祖上留下几十亩薄地,他与哥哥商议,全都留给了寡嫂,自己孑然一身,到私塾、学院讲学糊口。后来中了举人,他依然只是个穷苦的教书先生,但有不少人慧眼识英才,认为左宗棠绝非“池中之物”。第一个是左宗棠的岳母王太夫 Zuo Zongtang father died young, poor family, ancestors left dozens of acres of thin ground, he and his brother negotiated, all left widow, all alone, to the private school, college life story. Later in the lifts, he is still just a poor teacher, but there are many people who understand the elite, that Zuo Zongtang is not “things in the pool.” The first one is Tso Tsung-tang’s king-in-law