对于台湾首任巡抚、“台湾近代化之父”——刘铭传,人们知之甚少,些许记忆来自于中学历史教科书中的寥寥数语。在台湾建省120周年之际,世界知识出版社出版了由张笑天著的长篇历史小说《台湾首任巡抚——刘铭传》。刘铭传,安徽省肥西县人,清末淮军将领。29岁时即官升直隶提督。1868年奉旨督办陕西军务时,因积劳成疾而挂冠回乡。中法战争爆发后,刘铭传临危受命,全权督办台湾军务。小说在中法战争 Little is known about the first governor of Taiwan and the “father of Taiwan’s modernization”, Liu Mingchuan, whose memories come from a few words in history textbooks in secondary schools. On the 120th anniversary of the founding of Taiwan Province, World Knowledge Publishing House published a long historical novel entitled “The First Governor of Taiwan - Liu Ming Chuan” by Zhang Xiaotian. Liu Ming Chuan, Feixi County, Anhui Province, the end of the Qing Huaian generals. At the age of 29, she was promoted to Priest Zhili. In 1868, when it was ordered to supervise the military affairs in Shaanxi, he returned home due to over-accumulation of labor. After the Sino-French War broke out, Liu Ming was handed command of death and was empowered to supervise Taiwan’s military affairs. Fiction in Sino-French war