晚清湘人文集及其史料价值初探

Initial Analysis of the Collected Works Written by Hunan Scholars in the Later Period of the Qing Dynasty and the Value of These Historical Materials

晚清湘人文集数量甚多(存世者约二百来种)，其内容丰富，涉及面广，对当时政治、经济、 文化、社会等都有所反映，具有极高史料价值，可以说，俗窥中国近代史全貌，不可不读晚 清湘人文集，因此有必要对它们积极加以研究和整理。

The collected works written by Huna n scholars in the later period of the Qing Dynasty amounts to about 200 in kind. These histor ical materials have substantial content and cover a large ground.Many subjects s u ch as politics,economy,civilization and society at that time were discussed in these materials,so they are of great ualue to us.It is important that we read the collected works written by Hunan scholars in the later period of the Qing Dynasty if we want to learn about the history of the last one and a half cen turies as a whole. The author holds that these materials should be carefully sorted out and adequately studied.