Guo Song-tao was a famous ideologist, diplomatist and verse expert in the Chinese modern times, whose poetics was deeply influenced by the Confucianism and Practical Philosophy of Huxiang Culture.

• 郭嵩焘是中国近代著名的思想家、外交家及诗歌能手,其诗学主张深受湖湘文化理学实学思想的影响。