本文嘗試運用量化分析比較研究法，既全面且有系統逐項深入比較分析曾國藩幕府(1853.1.∼1872.3.)--中國幕制鼎盛時期之泰斗--並相關組織成員(以下簡稱「曾幕」)三項基本變數-籍貫、出身並官幕私誼關係。益以統計圖表，顯現繁複之數據，俾便讀者能一目瞭然。 本文之主要發現有三：其一，四九七位曾幕之隸籍遍及斯時全中國各地，其中湘籍者，計七十二人，僅佔全期全體曾幕之14.49%，顯見曾氏用人並未持狹隘地域偏見，故渠並非「中國十九世紀區域主義鼻祖」，地緣並攻略因素，以及曾氏採取「廣收慎用」并「就地取材」用人原則，為決定各期入幕曾幕隸籍消長變化之主要因素；其二，各期入幕曾幕之出身涵蓋進士、舉人、貢監生員、其他、白身並不祥者，猶若一金字塔，出身進士及舉人者高居此塔上層，貢監生員出身者位於此塔中層，其他出身者并白身者，以及出身不祥者，則處於此塔下層，三者所佔比率約為三比三比四，各期除中層呈負成長態勢外，上、下層則均呈正成長趨勢，各層所佔比率之消長變化，端視曾氏幕府吸引力之強弱度而定；其三，各期入幕曾幕之官幕私誼關係，幾乎涵蓋人際關係中之各種私誼--官幕同鄉、官幕師生、官幕友朋、官幕姻親、官幕同學、幕府親屬、幕客師生、其他、不祥等，其中以不祥者居首，約佔十分之七弱，除第三期外，各期皆呈急增趨勢；官幕同鄉類，則僅約佔十分之一強，且呈明顯遞降態勢，足見曾氏亟需具有各種才能者入幕，以處理日益繁重之幕府館務，毋論渠等之籍貫、出身并官幕私誼關係。 總之，生逢非常時代之在勢君子，欲建立非常之大功，務須能廣收慎用各種非常之人才，毋論彼輩之籍貫、出身并私誼關係。

　　　　　Applying the methodology of quantitative analysis, the writer, in this paper, comparatively analyzes three fundamental variables, namely, home provinces, backgrounds, and personal interrelations of the mu-yu [幕友] [staff members] of Tseng Kuo-fan's mu-fu [曾國藩幕府] as well as its related organizations [hereafter referred to as Tseng's mu-fu], who entered by periods from 1853 through 1872. The major findings of this study are as follows. Owing to Tseng's mu-yu coming from all provinces and parts of then whole China, and less than 15 percents of them from Tseng's native province of Hunan, Tseng was not really "the progenitor of nineteenth-century regionalism" in China. Geographical and political factors, as well as Tseng's principles of wide acceptance and careful hire were the key factors that determined the distributive change of the home provinces of Tseng's mu-yu. The diagram of the backgrounds of Tseng's mu-yu looks like a pyramid, which was composed of chin-shih [進士], chu-jen [舉人], kung-chien-sheng-yuan [貢監生員], the others, the common people and the unknown. At its upper level were located Tseng's mu-yu with chin-shih and chu-jen degrees, at its middle level were located Tseng's mu-yu with kung-chien-sheng-yuan degrees, while at its lower level were located the others, the common people and the unknown. The ratio of the three levels was 3:3:4. With the exception of the middle level, the tendency of increase of the upper and lower levels were positive. It was the degree of strength and weakness of the attraction of Tseng's mu-fu that determined the change of the ratio of every level. The personal interrelations between Tseng and his mu-yu almost included all the interpersonal relations. The unspecified personal interrelations, that constituted almost 70 percents, and increased promptly at every stage except the third one, were the most of the personal interrelations. Only more than ten percents of Tseng's mu-yu came from Hunan province. It is apparent that they descended from the first stage through the last one. And it, therefore, is very clear that Tseng eagerly needed every variety of human talent, no matter whether their home provinces, backgrounds, personal interrelations, to enter his mu-fu in order to deal with the increasingly complicated, heavy affairs confronted by him.