就目前文献资料而言,对刘坤一的研究主要集中在洋务运动和东南互保。
The Taiping movement accelerated the progress of China's modern history and promoted the westernization movement.太平天国运动加速了中国近代历史的进程,推动了洋务运动的勃兴。
The research into the westernization movement has been very fruitful, but some scholars' definition of yangwu is one-sided.学界对“洋务运动”的研究成果颇丰,但有的研究者对“洋务”一词的界定还存在片面性。