论近代湖南绅士的群体结构及其社会影响

The Group Structure and Social Influences in Modern Hunan Gentry

湖南绅士是中国近代史上颇具影响力的特殊社会群体。由于它崛起于湘军镇压太平天国的特殊历史时期 ,因而其群体结构极为复杂 ,不仅有传统的功名绅士 ,辞官退职的乡居绅士以及部分捐纳绅士 ,而且还出现了大批军功绅士和世袭爵职绅士 ,从而造成了湖南“绅权大于官权”的反常局面。

Hunan gentry was a special and typical classes in modern history of China. Owing to it turn up quickly a idiosyncratic history period that Hunan army suppressed the Taiping Rebellion. Thus the group structure of Hunan gentry knew no bounds complication. It not only had traditional gentry who through examination, abdicated official gentry and benefactional gentry, but also had a multitude battle achievement gentry and traditionally knight gentry, thereby brought about a perversion complexion which gentry power were greater than officially power of Hunan.