我虽是历史专业出身，但在读大学时对北洋军阀史却是了解很少，仅仅只在课余读过一本丁文江所写的《民国军事近纪》，约略知道一点袁世凯北洋军阀和直院奉三系军阀的情况而已。1949年9月，我结束了在华北大学的政治学习后，被分配到由范文澜教授主持的历史研究室，当一名研究生 Although I was a graduate of history, I did not know much about the history of the Northern Warlords when I was in college. I only read one of the “Min Ji Military Literatures” written by Ding Wenjiang over my spare time. I knew a bit about Yuan Shikai’s Northern Warlords and the Directorate In the case of the Three Warlords In 1949 September, I ended the political studies at North China University, was assigned to Professor Fan Wenlan presided over the history of the laboratory, when a graduate student