最近热播的电视片《走向共和》,北洋大臣李鸿章一改以往卖国贼的形象,其励精图治的气概,引起人们兴趣。李鸿章到底是个什么样的人?研究李鸿章的历史学家认为,有关他的资料,至今还有五分之四未公开。李鸿章一生多次与外国人打交道,值得回味的,是他于1896年8月底的访美。那时,李鸿章已是古稀老人,为宣传他的洋务运动,为了保护华人在美的利 Recently hit television “to the Republic,” Northern Minister Li Hongzhang changed the image of traitors in the past, its good governance atmosphere, aroused people’s interest. What kind of person is Li Hung-chang? Historians who studied Li Hung-chang think so far about four-fifths of his information remains undisclosed. Li Hongzhang’s many contacts with foreigners throughout his life are worth the aftertaste to visit the United States at the end of August 1896. At that time, Li Hung-chang was already a very old man. To promote his Westernization Movement and to protect the Chinese interests in the United States,