The Image Of Hunan Army In Xinhai Period

Xiang army was born to save Manchu dynasty.Since its birth,this group has not been a general military organization,but a special regional group that combines military,political and cultural elements.In the late Qing Dynasty,Xiang Army gradual ly led the country and became the arm of the Qing Dynasty by virtue of its achievements in fighting the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom.In order to ensure its own political legitimacy,Xiang army has deliberately constructed its own image so as to show its people in accordance with the traditional way of reasoning.During the reform period,Xiang army can still continue its glorious faceas as a whole,while Tan Sitong,who is far too long-time and has many promises,has changed.His multiple and complex evaluation of the Hunan Army has loosened the traditional image of the Hunan Army and started the transformation of the image of the Hunan Army,thus laying a foundation for the later Hunan revolutionary party to shape the Hunan Army.By the time of Xinhai,Xiang army had basically ceased to exist as a political entity and became a historical memory symbol.This symbol has become an important part of the"traitors' painful history" constructed by revolutionaries under the intensification of the Manchu-Han conflict.Xiang army's behavior of helping Manchuria and supporting the Qing Dynasty became the main point of the thuwar's attack.On the other hand,from the perspective of the main national and regional perspectives,the Hunan revolutionary party portrayed the Hunan army as a disgrace to the Han people and a sinner in Hunan.As a result,the figurative�regional traitors,were presented.Among them,in addition to the use of newspapers and other text propaganda,the Hunan revolutionary party also drew lessons from various methods such as drama and portrait,and even played a ceremonial role to a certain extent.At this time,due to different interests and different ideas held by other groups,their evaluation of Xiang army was very different,and the image of Xiang army was included in the political discourse structure premeditated by various factions.After Xinhai,Xiang army's image showed a different appearance according to the actual needs.The analysis of the causes of "regional rape" represented by "Xiang army" is actually closely related to the whole political theory of the revolutionary party at that time.Behind this,in addition to the national concept formed by the contradiction between western nationalism and Manchu and Han,there is also the fusion of traditional regional concept and local autonomy.Of course,the important role of Hunan people represented by Hunan Army in modern history is also one of the keys for Hunan Party members to select Hunan Army for shaping.The evaluation of Hunan revolutionary party's image construction in Xinhai period should be divided into two periods.At that time,this kind of deliberately defacing the image of Xiang army played a very important role in the struggle for revolutionary public opinion,in stimulating national consciousness and in promoting the development of revolution in Hunan.However,if we look at Hunan revolutionary party's evaluation of Hunan army from a historical point of view,it may be said that it is exaggerated.The Xiang army's "loyalty"consciousness or political loyalty cannot surpass its own times,which cannot be excessively demanding.In addition,many contributions made by the Xiang army were totally wiped out,and its own multi-faceted nature was finally presented in a one-dimensional way.From this point of view,the Hunan Party undoubtedly covered up the historical truth.