辛亥革命前的20年间,山西政坛上,曾有不少的封疆大吏如同过眼云烟,匆忙而过,没有留下多少令人回味的东西。然而有两位人物在山西的近代历史上却值得浓墨重彩的记一笔,他们是初入政坛的张之洞和在山西任职时间最长的胡聘之。尽管他们不是山西籍人,但对近代山西社会发展却产生了 In the 20 years before the Revolution of 1911, there were quite a number of frontier daliang officials in Shanxi’s political arena that used to pass by. They did not leave many memorable things. However, in the modern history of Shanxi, there are two figures worth remembering. They are Zhang Zhidong, who entered the political arena, and the longest-serving director in Shanxi. Although they are not Shanxi natives, they have had a social development in modern Shanxi