著名学者钱基博在《近百年湖南学风·导言》中说:“湖南之为省,北阻大江,南薄五岭,西接黔蜀,群苗所萃,盖四塞之国。其地水少而山多,重山叠岭,滩河峻激,而舟车不易为之交通。顽石赭土,地质刚坚,而民性多流于倔强。以故风气锢塞,常不为中原人所沾被。抑亦民风自创,能别于中原人物以独立。人杰地灵,大儒迭起,前不见古人,后不见来者,宏识孤怀,涵 The famous scholar Qian Jibor said in his book ”Introduction to Hunan Studies in the Past Hundred Years“: ”Hunan Province is a province where the north reaches Wujiang River, the south reaches Wuling Mountain, and the west reaches Qianshu. Less and more mountains, heavy mountains stacked Ridge, Beach and River Jun excited, but not easy to travel by boat traffic .Old stone ocher, geological just strong, and more flow in the stubborn people. Stained by the suppression of the people are also independent, independent of the Central Plains characters to be independent. Outstanding people, Daru repeated, not seen before the ancients, the latter did not come to see, Wang Zhi isolated, Han