20世纪20年代湖南发起一场“省宪自治”运动,以求“湘人湘事自决”,但归于失败。“省宪自治”的失败与湖南省内长期以来的绅权运动所造成的绅士阶层势力膨胀以及绅士阶层自身的不断变化有着不可否认的联系。 In the 1920s, Hunan launched a campaign of “constitutional autonomy” to seek “self-determination by the Hunan people” but failed. The failure of “provincial constitutional autonomy” has an undeniable connection with the expansion of the gentleman class forces and the constant changes of the gentleman class itself as a result of the long-held gentry movement in Hunan Province.