论近代湖南军功绅士的社会影响——以长沙、湘乡的绅士为例

ON SOCIAL INFLUENCES IN MODERN HUNAN MILITARY MERITS GENTRY

湖南绅士是中国近代史上极具典型意义的特殊社会群体,近代湖南绅权势力的膨胀得益于曾国藩创办的湘军。军功绅士势力的膨胀,给湖南社会带来了严重的影响。它导致了绅士队伍整体素质的下降、社会风气的恶化、顽固守旧习气的滋长和官绅矛盾的加剧,直接影响着近代湖南的政局。

Hunan gentry was a special and typical classes in modern history of China. The expansion of the modern Hunan gentry forces benefits considerably from the establishment of Zeng Guofan's Xiang Army. Many Military merits gentry turn up, Which caused the extreme expansion of Hunan gentry forces in the period of Xianfeng and Tongzhi. The expansion of the gentry forces with military merits brought serious influence to Hunan, and leads to the decline of the integrated quality of the gentry troops, the deterioration of the social atmosphere , the engendering of the diehard and conservative habitual practices, and the aggrevation of the contradiction between government and gentry, which affects directly the political situation of Hunan in modern times.