湖湘文化有两个精神源头 :湖湘民间文化与湖湘精英文化 ,其正、负面影响均是我们不应加以忽视的。但其历史发展具有阶段性 :古代湖湘文化含蕴着蛮野、柔韧的生命强力 ,怀抱着忠君爱国的强烈忧患意识和出污泥而不染的道德情操 ,但也有封闭、保守、软弱的一面 ,到“湖湘学”建立以后 ,又增添了开放、宽宏、践履、崇实、重学、经世的人文风度 ;近代湖湘文化具有经世济民、狂飚突进、清高孤傲等三大突出特点 ,并以此大展雄风 ,在历史上留下了光辉的一页 ;现当代湖湘文化前期对之有所继承 ,后半期则有所失落 ,情形比较复杂。今天的任务 ,是对之采取辩证分析态度 ,进行积极扬弃 ,以适应现代生活发展的需要 ,重振湖湘雄风 ,再创文艺辉煌 There are two spiritual sources in Huxiang culture: the Huxiang folk culture and the Hunan elite culture, both positive and negative effects should not be neglected. However, its historical development has the stage: the ancient Huxiang culture contains the arrogant and pliable life force, embodies the strong sense of suffering and loyalty of the loyal patriots and the moral sentiment without stains, but also has a closed, conservative and weak side After the founding of “Huxiang Studies”, it added an open, generous, practice, pragmatic, heavy study, the world of humanistic style; modern Huxiang culture has the world economy, crazy Biao breakthrough, Great outstanding features, and thus to show glory, in the history left a glorious page; contemporary contemporary Huxiang culture inherited the first half of the latter half is lost, the situation is more complicated. Today’s task is to take a dialectical and analytical attitude toward it, to actively sublate it to meet the needs of the development of modern life, and to rejuvenate the glory in Hunan and create a brilliant art