维新运动时期，湖南由“铁门之城”变为“全国最富有朝气的一省”，伴随这一过程的，是以唐才常、谭嗣同、刘善涵、熊希龄等从科举旧制走出来的湖南士绅渐渐走上办报开新的“合群”之路，从而拉开了湖南近代报业的序幕。本文力图深入揭示在维新运动这一特定历史语境中，在湖南报人从产生到合力共谋办报的历史过程中，所体现出的近代湖南报人报业的如下鲜明特点：其一，社会“大变局”是催生湖南新式报人报业的最大推动力；其二，湖南新式报人合群开新之阵营脱胎于科举旧制，同时又带有浓厚的政、学、商三位一体色彩；其三，湘省报人在合群过程中，与鄂、沪外省报人建立了独特的同仁合作模式。

During the period of reform movement of 1898, Hunan transformed from a “city with iron gates” into the most vigorous province of the country. Within this process, some local elites represented by Tang Caichang, Tan Sitong, Liu Shanhan and Xiong Xiling gradually built a partnership around a new newspaper to modify the existing conservative atmosphere, thus starting the modern newspaper industry in Hunan. In the context of the reform movement, this paper aimed to reveal the distinct characteristics present in the formation process of this community: frst, the unprecedented change in society is the biggest impetus to the appearance of a new type of newspaper publishing and newspaperman in Hunan; second, the new type of newspaperman in Hunan originated from the imperial examination system but combined with new political, academic and commercial identities; and third, in the formation process, Hunan newspapermen created a unique model of cooperation with newspapermen in Hubei province and in Shanghai.