清末民初三十年间(1895—1926),地方自治在湖南受到持续关注,并演化为一场持续三十年之久的政治运动。运动经历维新期间的萌芽、辛亥前后的初兴和民国初年的高潮三个阶段,促成了湘省民众的政治参与及湘省政治权威的重建,具有全国性影响,但也充满了治与乱、官与民、言与行的矛盾与悖论。 Thirty years from the end of Qing Dynasty and the end of the Republic of China (1895-1926), local self-government received constant attention in Hunan and evolved into a political movement lasting for 30 years. The movement experienced three stages: the sprout during the rejuvenation period, the beginning of the reign of 1911 and the climax of the early years of the Republic of China, which contributed to the political participation of the people of Hunan Province and the reconstruction of the political authority in Hunan Province. It had a national impact but was also full of chaos , Officials and people, words and deeds of the contradictions and paradoxes.