吴佩孚是北洋军阀中少有的秀才出身的人,他颇有儒将风度,时称吴大帅。他是亮相全球最有影响力的《时代》杂志封面的首个中国人,被《时代》杂志称为“Biggest man in China”。这位在旧中国军阀混战中叱咤风云者晚节保持得不错,拒绝和日伪合作,颇为后人所称道。他在宦海生涯中曾留下三件批文,令人拍案叫绝!一是有个政客曾在别处为 Wu Peifu is one of the few scholar of the Northern Warlords who was born in China. He is quite Confucian-style, when called Wu Dasai. He is the first Chinese to appear on the cover of Time magazine, the most influential in the world, and is called “Biggest man in China” by Time magazine. This old warlord in the old Chinese war criminals maintained a good night, refused to cooperate with Japan and the Puppet, rather later comrades. His career in Huanhai left three approval, it is a real success! First, there is a politician elsewhere