伍廷芳是近代中国一位较重要的历史人物。辛亥革命时,他被推为南方全权代表,在谈判中位居前台,主张切实地停战,坚持共和政体,与袁世凯进行针锋相对的斗争,促成了和谈早成定局、民主共和早日实现。伍廷芳由一位满清官僚新近归向革命,能有如此表现,理应肯定。 Wu Tingfang is a more important historical figure in modern China. During the revolution of 1911, he was pushed to the plenipotentiary of the South and topped the front stage in negotiations. He advocated an effective cease-fire, a republican government, and a tit-for-tat struggle with Yuan Shikai, bringing about the early conclusion of peace talks and the early realization of a democratic republic. Wu Tingfang, who was recently led by a Manchu bureaucrat to the revolution, can have such a performance, and it should be affirmed.