左秉隆是中国首任驻新加坡的领事。他职任期间,不仅维护华侨利益,大兴文教设义塾、开文会,更是创作了大量旧体诗作品,例如文人对答诗、新加坡风光的描写、感怀诗以及其他主题的诗作。这些诗作为我们今天研究新加坡社会的发展以及华侨史具有极深的意义。 Zuo Binglong is China’s first consul in Singapore. During his tenure, he not only defended the interests of overseas Chinese, but also created a large number of old-style poetry works such as the description of poems by poets in Taiwan, the description of the scenery in Singapore, poems of poem with a sense of appreciation and other topics. These poems have profound meanings as we study the development of Singapore society today and the history of Overseas Chinese.