What is the essence of Huxiang culture?

The essence is to worry about the country and the people, persevere, dare to be the first, and be inclusive.

In the cultural tradition of Hunan ancestors who first invented cultivated rice, there is also a personality trait that is used to carrying forward subjective initiative and being the first in the world.

These characters and spirits, which are inherited from the same strain to this day, have become the basis of Huxiang cultural value orientation and way of thinking, and formed the collectivism values that the national interests of the country are higher than the personal interests, the prominent patriotic traditional orientation, and the strong sense of responsibility and mission of the individual for the rise and fall of the country and the rise and fall of the nation.

Cultural origin

Huxiang culture is a regional culture. Under the background of the shift of cultural center of gravity to the south, Hunan has become a province with Confucian culture as its orthodoxy, and has been called "Xiaoxiang Bamboo Silk" and "Man Jing Zou Lu" by scholars. Local culture before Tang and Song Dynasties, including Jingchu culture. These two origins affect two levels of Huxiang culture respectively.

On the ideological and academic level, Confucianism in the Central Plains is the source of Huxiang culture, and the plaque of "Daonan Zhengmai" hanging in the lecture hall of Yuelu Academy shows the Confucian orthodoxy represented by Huxiang culture.

From the social and psychological level, such as the folk customs and psychological characteristics of Huxiang, it mainly stems from the local cultural traditions. These two completely different cultures regrouped and formed a unique regional culture.

Therefore, by studying Huxiang scholars, we can find the orthodox characteristics of Confucianism in Huxiang culture. Whether Zhou Dunyi, Zhang Nanxuan, Wang Chuanshan or Zeng Guofan, their academic thoughts and pursuits are all aimed at orthodox Confucianism and Mencius.