与封建统治者及其御用文人相反,清末资产阶级革命党人,为着反清革命的需要,对扶持清王朝“中兴”、镇压过太平天国革命的左宗棠,则是深恶痛绝,尽情予以鞭挞和贬斥。他们责骂左宗棠为十恶不赦的“奴才”、汉奸”。民主革命宣传家杨毓麟,在所撰《新湖南》一书中,认为曾国藩、左宗棠等镇压太平天国革命,“忝窃节钺,算入满汉名臣功绩传之混帐糊涂薄籍中,实湖南之大不幸。”《民报》临时增刊《天讨》上,以“过去汉奸之变相”为题,刊登人面兽身的曾、李(鸿章)、左的画相,其中左的下身为狮毛狗。但有些资产阶级学者,也注意到左宗棠的某些才能和事功。如章太炎在指责左宗棠“为虏将兵,以敌洪氏”的同时,就肯定左治军严整,“士卒有创伤 In contrast to the feudal rulers and their literati, the late Bourgeois revolutionaries in the late Qing era were despised and dejected to support Zaixing in the Qing dynasty and suppress Zuo Zongtang, who had revolutionized the Taiping Rebellion, in order to counter the revolution. denounce. They scolded Zuo Zongtang as the “slave” and “traitor.” In his book “The New Hunan”, Democratic Revolutionary Proponent Yang Yulin thought that Zeng Guofan and Zuo Zongtang were cracking down on the Taiping Rebellion and “ Manchu Mingchen merit spread the dilemma books, Hunan is really unfortunate. ”“ Daily ”temporary supplement“ on the day of discussion, ”in order to“ the traitors in disguise ”as a title, published in person beast, Li (Hung Zhang), the left of the picture, of which the left lower body is a lion dog However, some bourgeois scholars also noted some of Zuo Tung-tong’s talents and merits, such as Zhang Taiyan’s accusation that Zuo Zongtang was “a soldier for the enemy and an enemy Hongshi” and affirmed that " Trauma