黄炎培曾说清末民初四十年间,东南有大事,必与赵凤昌有关。但其早年身世经历却罕为人所知,以致语焉不详,以讹传讹。借助近年新发现、新出版的重要史料,不仅可纠正诸多不实说法,弥补现有研究之不足,而且能通过考察他游幕历程及幕府生活,揭示其被纠参革职的复杂原因。赵凤昌苦心经营的“由幕而官”之路断送后,他利用幕府时期所积攒的人脉和编织的关系网,又开拓了一片新天地,那就是隐身幕后,纵横捭阖,影响东南大局。相比于台前的成功出彩,赵凤昌这种幕后的卓尔不凡更易博得人们的钦佩和尊重。 Huang Yanpei once said that during the 40 years from the end of the Qing Dynasty to the early Republic of China, there were major events in the southeast and it must be related to Zhao Fengchang. However, his early life experience is rarely known, so that he did not elaborate on it and erroneously disseminated it. With the help of the newly discovered and newly published important historical materials in recent years, it can not only correct many false claims and make up for the shortcomings of existing research, but also reveal the complex causes of being dismissed by examining his screen saver and the life of the shogunate. After Zhao Bunchang painstakingly ruled out the road from the curtain to the official, he exploited the network of contacts and weavings accumulated by the Bakufu era and opened up a new world. That is behind the scenes, affecting the overall situation in the southeast. Compared to the success of the stage out of color, Chao Fengchang this extraordinary behind the more people won the admiration and respect.