During the time of the fierce turbulence, could maneuver among various political and martial As a leader of the Northern Warlords, Wu Pei - fu groups, do whatever he wanted to do, excluded those who held different political ideas, aroused wars. No doubt, he brought about great disaster for Chinese nation. For a long time, He was always deemed to be a reactionary warlords and public enemy. In fact, that was not all his political life. During the May the Fourth period,he was known as a patriotic general. He came down after the War of Northern Expedition. He still was a patriot, though he was having a hard time. Faced with the threats and inducements from Japan and the puppet government, Wu Pei -fu still kept his moral integrity with his strong lifelong national consciousness. Especially, Wu Pei -fu played a tragic legendary in the later years of his life.%吴佩孚作为北洋军阀的直系首领，在激烈动荡的年代，曾纵横捭阖，翻云覆雨；或排斥异己，挑起战端，给中华民族带来巨大的灾难。长期以来，被视作“反动军阀”与“人民公敌”，然而，这并非其人生的全部。“五四”时期以“爱国将军”声名鹊起；北伐之后，落魄下野，即使处境艰难，仍以家国为念，面对日伪的威逼利诱，依然洁身自好，自全名节，浓厚的民族意识渗透其一生的方方面面，晚年演绎了一段失败英雄的悲壮传奇。
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