本文拟本着实事求是的精神,对左、李在一些主要问题上的思想与活动进行评述。浅误之处,请同志们指正。一左、李都是靠镇压太平天国农民起义发迹的。对此,史学界已有共识。但对两者对“借师助剿”态度的看法则颇持异议。李鸿章的确是比较积极地主张“借师助剿”的。1862年,李甫抵上海,鉴于洋人兵强器利、“实肯帮我”和上海“孤危”的现实,便意图“借师助剿”,并在行动上设法亲近洋人。沪上官绅竭力鼓噪“,借师助剿’”时,李乃与其师曾国藩商定“不拒绝以伤 This article, based on the spirit of seeking truth from facts, reviews the thoughts and activities of leftist and Li on some major issues. Shallow errors, please comrades correct. On the left, Lee is fortunate enough to suppress the peasant uprising in the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. In this regard, historians have agreed. However, the two views on the attitude of “borrowing teachers and helping suppress” are rather dissenting. Indeed, Li Hung-chang is more pro-actively advocating “borrowing teachers and helping to suppress”. In 1862, Li Fu arrived in Shanghai. In view of the fact that foreigners are strong and profitable, “they are willing to help me” and the reality of Shanghai’s “isolated danger,” they intend to “borrow teachers and help suppress” and try to get close to foreigners in action. When Shanghai gentry tried hard to encourage “borrowing teachers to help destroy”, Li Nai and his teacher Zeng Guofan agreed "not to refuse to hurt