略论近代湖湘文化的经世致用特点

经世致用之所以是近代湖湘文化的特点 ,一是因为它的始终一贯 ,即使在汉学盛行时 ,也未中断 ;二是在近代中国提倡最早 ;三是有理论、有纲领。近代湖南经世致用的学派有三个 :一是以陶澍、曾国藩为代表的理学经世派 ,二是以魏源、王运为代表的今文经学派 ,三是以谭嗣同、唐才常为代表的永嘉功利之学。这种经世致用的学风既有积极意义 ,也有消极因素

A Brief Comment on the Characteristics of Studies on the Art of Government in Huxiang Culture

The studies on the art of government were the characteristics of modern Huxiang Culture, the reasons were three points as follows:1)Because they had been all the same from beginning to end, even in the prevailing times of the Han school of classical philology, they never been discontinued;2)They had been advocated earliest in modern China;3)They had a series of theories and programs. There are three schools related to the studies on the art of government in modern Hunan as follows:1)The school of rationalism concerning application, of which representative figures were Tao Shu and Zong Guofang; 2)The school of the modern Chinese classics, of which representative figures were Wei Yuan and Wang Kaiyun; 3)The Yong Jia school of utility-seeking, of which representative figures were Tan Sitong and Tang Caichang. The style of studies for governance and application had both active significance and negative factors.