在明末清初的西学东渐起始期,湖南与东南部省区比较,其引进西方文化的时间要晚近2000年;鸦片战争到甲午战争期间,湖南西学依然呈现滞后状况;清末民初,湖南赶上了以人文社会科学特别是改革社会的政治学为输入重点的西学传播潮流。西学在湖南的流布特点制约着湖南近代历史的走向。 In the late Ming and early Qing dynasties, the beginning of Western learning began in east Hunan. Compared with the provinces in southwestern China, the introduction of Western culture lasted nearly 2,000 years. During the Opium War to the Sino-Japanese War, western Hunan still lagged behind. In the late Qing Dynasty and early Republican China, Catch up with the humanities and social sciences, especially the political reform of the social sciences as the focus of the spread of Western communications. The distribution of Western learning in Hunan restricts the trend of modern history in Hunan.