在明清易代之际,身为南明弘光政权内阁大学士、位居次辅的王铎,因率众归降于清朝而成为后世数百年来人们讥议不已的贰臣。王铎之最终成为"贰臣",既与其坦荡简易、不设城府的个性、久耽于文学艺术而注重现实感受、疏于政治理性的思维倾向有着直接关系,更与其在晚明腐败政治环境中日益感到人生追求和政治信仰迷茫有着紧密联系,而清初政治上压制和利用明遗臣的特殊需要则最终将他作为牺牲品而置于"贰臣"境地。
In the occasion of the Ming- Qing' s regime changing,as the second minister of Hongguang Administration of South Ming,Wang Duo led people to surrender to the Qing Dynasty. Thereby,he became " Betrayer" who was drubbed for a number of years. Wang Duo 's destiny was really derived from his personality,but the political environment in the late Ming Dynasty corroded his life and political beliefs,and the early Qing Dynasty' fickle policy depended on its' interest eventually placed him in the " Betrayer" situation.