张之洞(1837-1909)72岁,是晚清名臣,清末著名的政治家、军事家、教育家和洋务派的代表人物,本《专论》书于丁酉年新正,即光绪23年(1897年正月)作者时年60岁,每集扉页有洒雪金花,每集展开长度为212cm,四集内容连续成册。张之洞草书颇为罕见,而《专论》连续成册,内容丰富,论述精辟,更是难得珍贵。每集落款均有丁酉年新正张之洞书,钤印为篆书“张之洞印”。 Zhang Zhidong was a famous official in the late Qing Dynasty, a famous politician, militarist, educator and Westernization representative in the late Qing Dynasty. The book of this "monograph" was in the new year of the year of the emperor. The author was 60 years old in 23 years of Guangxu (1897 month). Each set of the title pages was covered with snow and gold, the length of each set was 212cm, and the four sets of contents were published continuously. Zhang Zhidong's cursive script is quite rare, but the book of monographs is a continuous book, rich in content and elaboration. The inscription on each collection is Zhang Zhidong's book of Xin you Zheng, and the seal is "Zhang Zhidong seal".