Why do some people say that Li Hongzhang has pride in his bones?

Li Hongzhang does have some arrogance. What we have to think about is why there is such arrogance.

He was the first person in history of qing dynasty to deal with "ghosts" on the diplomatic stage, and also the first diplomat in Qing Dynasty. Li Hongzhang is nearly 1.8 meters tall and handsome, standing in front of foreigners is not inferior at all. His diplomatic career let westerners know that the Great Qing Dynasty had a handsome, reserved, confident and arrogant Li. His talent, his supercilious and even slightly arrogant official demeanor have attracted the favor of many Europeans and Americans.

First, China's mentality has not completely disappeared because of the change, and he is arrogant to foreigners.

At this point, not only Li Hongzhang, but also many China people, whether officials, gentry or ordinary people, have this arrogance.

China has always regarded itself as a "kingdom of China", indulged in the tributary system at home and abroad, and looked down on foreigners from the bottom of her heart.

Although after two Opium Wars, China was in a "change that has not happened in three thousand years", which broke the dignity of China, China people still had the mentality of being above the country psychologically.

It is not that Li Hongzhang often deals with foreigners in this way. People who are familiar with the situation in various countries have such a mentality, and those conservative die-hards are even more dismissive of everything in foreign countries.

Second, Li Hongzhang was in charge of the Huai Army. He has been in a high position for a long time and is arrogant to his own people.

This is the consistent virtue of a high person and a high person.

Li Hongzhang's position is high because his own strength is hard enough and he holds the Huai army. Few people can shake his position and support him to hold high positions all the year round, and he is more qualified to be arrogant.

Of course, in the face of imperial power, he dare not be arrogant.

Third, it is also related to the arrogance and personality of traditional literati.

As we know, many literati in China have the characteristics of relying on talents and being proud of things.

Frivolity, self-esteem and contempt for others are the characteristics of traditional literati, which can also be said to be a drawback.

Li Hongzhang also has this problem more or less.

Arrogance is not Li Hongzhang's alone, nor is it Li Hongzhang's fault.

As a paperhanger in the Qing Dynasty, the situation he tried to maintain is rare and precious, and it is even more difficult for another person to do it like him.

From the national point of view, arrogance supported by national strength is a kind of advanced arrogance. After all, relying on the personal strength and talent of the staff is not as arrogant as the national strength. Although arrogance is not commendable.