张之洞选购汉阳铁厂炼钢设备时盲目无知吗

在汉阳铁厂建设问题上,长期以来,学界普遍认为,张之洞选购炼钢设备时盲目自大,颟顸无知,以至于设备不符合原料品质,造成了严重后果,因之对张之洞非议颇多。其实,这些批评都脱离了当时的实际情形。张之洞根据汉阳铁厂的产品质量要求,立足于大冶铁矿石的化验数据,以此作为订购炼钢设备的依据。后来汉阳铁厂钢铁产品含磷过高的问题是多种因素综合作用的结果,不能简单地归咎于设备购买环节;同时,今人也不应该过分夸大由炼钢设备所引发的消极影响。

Did Zhang Zhidong select and purchase the steel making equipment for Hanyang Ironworks blindly？

Concerning Zhang Zhidong＇s role in the construction of Hanyang Ironworks,it is generally accepted in the academic field that Zhang Zhidong selected and purchased the steelmaking equipment blindly,which led to widespread criticism.In fact,it is a wrong conclusion regardless of the historical facts.In order to purchase the appropriate steelmaking equipment,Zhang Zhidong took the experimental data about Daye iron ore into full consideration.Many other factors contribute to the dissatisfactory quality of the iron and steel products in the later period.The equipment purchasing procedure thus can not be solely blamed and the negative effects caused by the purchasing activity should not be exaggerated.