There was a Yuan Shikai in the late Qing Dynasty, published by Guangxi Normal University Press in June 2009 1 65438+1October1. The writer is Zhao Yan. Mainly tells the story of Yuan Shikai and the great men around him in detail.

For those who are ready to know Yuan Shikai, this is a good work that can complete the process of negation twice at one time. It records Yuan Shikai's life, but it doesn't need so many details and clear priorities.

It objectively records Yuan Shikai's life, but the author also shows his position and attitude, but this expression is steady and restrained, and always embodies a rational attitude, leaving readers room for personal thinking and interpretation.

In fact, this book began with the birth of Yuan Shikai, but a line running through the middle chapter points to his final decision, which is also a mystery buried in the heart of any reader who reads Yuan Shikai's personal history. Why? This man is going to walk into a "dead end", which is so clear to us today. This book reads very smoothly, because it meets the readers' spiritual needs.

In Zhao Yan's book, the titles of each chapter are very distinctive, that is, they are all listed in the form of a binary problem.

For example, the first chapter "urchin or genius?" Then, "Selflessness or power?" There are "informers or innocents" and "reform or speculation?" "* * * and, or constitutionalism?" "Talent, or lean?" "Public interest is higher than others, or private interest?" It can be said that Yuan Shikai himself has been evaluated by opposites at different positions and stages in history.

In fact, the author's writing clues are still single-line in time sequence, but each stage is equipped with such a title, which first hits the reader's heart and makes him more focused and thoughtful when reading. This is really an interesting form.