以曾国藩为代表的湘军统帅们,在战争的实践中所形成的以儒家学说作为建军、治军之本的军事思想,对晚清及以后的军事活动都产生了极大的影响。以忠君卫道作为建军宗旨曾国藩继承了传统的儒家思想,特别是程、朱理学的说教。他推崇封建礼教至高至深,把忠君勤王和捍卫封建礼教作为他的建军宗旨。 The commanders of Hunan, represented by Zeng Guofan, formed the Confucian theory as the military thought of establishing the army and administering the army in the course of the war and exerted a tremendous influence on the military activities in the late Qing and later years. Taking the loyalty to the monarchy as the aim of establishing the army Zeng Guofan inherited the traditional Confucianism, especially the preaching of Cheng and Zhu Li. He respected the feudal ethics and education to the highest, Qin Zhong Qin Qin and defend the feudal ethics as his purpose of building the army.