Three Heroes of the Late Qing Dynasty

In the late Qing Dynasty, when the Western powers were rising strongly, the land of China was faced with a dim dynasty, corrupt officialdom, invasion by foreign powers, and peasant uprisings at home. In particular, the Taiping Army was unstoppable, and the Qing Empire was in danger. Zeng Guofan, Zuo Zongtang, and Peng Yulin were scholars in the traditional sense, but they wanted to help the building to turn the tide before it fell. They founded the Hunan Army, trained the navy, mastered the art of cloth, and launched a desperate battle with the Taiping Army. Xu Zheshen, the son of Hunan Army general Xu Chunrong. Xu Chunrong had many military contacts with Zeng, Zuo and Peng, and had deep daily interactions with them. Xu Zheshen had a profound understanding of the three of them. Zeng Guofan's prudence and courage, Zuo Zongtang's arrogance and magnanimity, Peng Yulin's uprightness and sincerity, Xu Zheshen vividly described them with a brief history.