近年来,在对革命史观进行反思的过程中,出于对革命史观“遮蔽部分”的发掘,关于北洋军阀时期的历史较前受到了研究者的重视,对军阀的评价也突破了以往简单化、片面化的局限,军阀历史的多面性得到了彰显。这是值得肯定的。但是,当把军阀作为一个历史的整体进行考察与研究时,无论用不用革命史观进行研究,他们在近代中国历史发展进程中的破坏性质, In recent years, in the course of rethinking the view of revolutionary history, out of the excavation of the “hidden part” of the revolutionary historical concept, the history of the period of the Northern Warlords has received much attention from researchers and the evaluation of warlords has also been broken In the past, the limitations of simplification and one-sidedness were highlighted. The multi-faceted history of the warlords was demonstrated. This is worthy of recognition. However, when examining and studying the warlords as a historical entity, no matter whether they carry out research without using the concept of revolutionary history and their devastating nature in the development of modern China’s history,