张华腾教授的近著《北洋集团崛起研究(1895—1911)》自2009年4月由北京中华书局出版之后,引起海内外学者的关注①。掩卷沉思,感到该书确实在前人既有研究的基础上,实现了新的学术跨越。首先,作者以历史学家实事求是的态度对北洋集团的历史地位和作用进行了认真而系统的评析。在 Professor Zhang Huateng’s recent book The Rise of Beiyang Group (1895-1911) has attracted the attention of scholars at home and abroad since its publication in April 2009 by Beijing Zhonghua Book Company. Concealment meditation, I feel the book is indeed based on the previous studies, to achieve a new academic leap. First of all, the author makes a careful and systematic appraisal of the historical position and role of Beiyang Group in the attitude of seeking truth from facts by historians. in