Since the Xiang Army pacified the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, it aroused the complex emotion of Xiang Army among Hunan Gentry. As a social cultural phenomenon, it has a close relationship between the compiling and destroyed edition of Past records of Xiang Army (Xiang Jun Zhi) and the complex emotion of Xiang Army. At the same time, the destroyed edition of Past records of Xiang Army (Xiang Jun Zhi) has also reflected the Hunan Gentrys orthodox view of Xiang Army.