文章总结了若干部新编志书中有关古代地方名臣的人生价值。认为他们尽管有的职位较低 ,但注重发展生产、关心人民生活、司法公正、抵御外侮、抵制陋习 ,是百姓心中的清官 ,却又不为那个时代所容 ,所以大多命运都比较悲惨。研究古代地方名臣的这些普遍规律 ,有助于做好当今干部的考核、监督和选拔工作 ,同时也提醒那些优秀干部要注意自我保护。 The article summarizes the life value of the famous local scholars in several newly edited volumes. They think that despite their low positions, most of their fates are rather miserable, with emphasis on developing production, caring for the people’s livelihood, judicial fairness, resistance to foreign aggression and resistance to bad habits. Studying these universal laws of ancient local famous officials helps to do the assessment, supervision and selection of today’s cadres. At the same time, it also reminds those outstanding cadres to pay attention to self-protection.