晚清之前,湖南学人“弁冕史册者”廖若星辰。但是以曾国藩(1811～1872年)进入统治中心为转机,湖湘士人尤其是曾国藩的弟子门生日益彰显在社会近代化的历史舞台上。出现这种现象,最根本的一个原因是湖湘学以曾国藩的成功为契机,借助曾国藩的人才教育培育出了一个较之传统士人群体更能适应社会近代化需求的具有匡世扶艰的精神和经世致用的务实态度的事功群体。 Before late Qing Dynasty, Hunan scholars “Liao Ruo stars”. However, taking Tseng Kuo-fan (1811-1872) as the turning point, the students of Hunan, especially Zeng Guofan, became increasingly prominent in the historical stage of social modernization. One of the most fundamental reasons for this phenomenon is that Huxiang, taking the success of Zeng Guofan as an opportunity, has cultivated a talented person education that has made it more adaptable to the needs of social modernization than the traditional group of scholars. Spiritual and practical pragmatic attitude of the world.