同治十一年(1872)二月,曾国藩病死,李鸿章曾作挽联哀悼:师事近三十年,薪尽火传,筑室忝为门生长;威名震九万里,内安外攘,旷世难逢天下才。李鸿章这副挽联对曾极尽褒扬,自是他政治立场所决定。 Tongzhi eleven years (1872) in February, Zeng Guofu died of illness, Li Hongzhang had elegiac couplet mourning: teachers nearly thirty years, paid as much as possible, building a room for the growth of door; Granville shock ninety miles, inside and outside the bustling, Kuangshi In the world Li Hongzhang, the elector of the Elector, had done his best to praise him for his political position.