Guo Songtao And On The Role Of Him In The Late Qing Dynasty In Hunan Culture In Construction

The Hunan culture whose unique style has been attention in the world in modern times is an important part of China’s cultural system.So how to form its image?On the one hand it is the result of development and precipitation in a long-term,on the other hand it also associates with the active construction by generations.Guo Songtao is one of them.He makes a unique contribution at unearthing sages and shaping the image of Hunan culture process.As a pioneer of modern China to the world,we pay close attention to his thought of politics and diplomacy.So there are a lot of research results.However,we ignore a part which Guo Songtao devote himself to sculpt the image of Hunan culture.The paper will pay attention to his contribution and thought on the basis of previous studies in order to enrich the research by Guo and promote better understanding about how to form the image of Hunan culture.The paper mainly includes five chapters:The introduction part clarifies the reason for writing this article,and analysis the related research situation and major innovations.The first chapter mainly discusses how to make Wang Chuanshan as a model by Guo Songtao who praises highly and mines and publicizes vigorously of Wang Chuanshan.He not only reads 《the Chuanshan Testament》, respects his thought, forms him as a idol to expand reputation at Hunan by firstly establishing the temple of Chuanshan and starting Chuanshan commemoration; but also rises Chuanshan as the national icon from the local sage through submitting the petition of Wang Chuanshan Rusi.The second chapter focuses on his unique idea and Contribution of writing historical records about Hunan from the perspective of 《the Annals of Hunan province》and 《Loyalty Record》.Because of the insistence of Guo Songtao,we see a new landscape and understand the appearance of loyalism in the area.He shapes the Hunan Culture in his heart.The third chapter mainly explores his thought and contribution in process of constructing the knowledge pedigree of Hunan include him continuously discovering and commending scholars at Hunan province and repairing the school of textual research.The conclusion part is the summary and promotion of the paper.