Between Historical And Philosophical Studies

Based on the reasons that recently there are many differences, debates and lacks of system about the research of Zhang Xuecheng, this thesis try to finish the work of exploring the origin about Zhang Xuecheng's ideology. Around Zhang Xuecheng's historical philosophy and through the discussion about the important topic "six classics are all history" and "combining officials and teachers", this thesis aims to sort out the intrinsic system of Zhang Xuecheng's historical philosophy.There are four chapters in this thesis:The first chapter discusses the original question about Zhang Xuecheng's historical philosophy. First, from the pedigree about the school of East ZheJiang academe, the essay points out different attitudes about it. Next, the thesis analyses these attitudes and considers that the school about East ZheJiang academe established on the traditional critize about "research and study theory" which was suggested by ZhuXi. Lastly, the essay discusses Zhang Xuecheng's succession to the historical philosophy of East ZheJiang academe. All these are very significant to understand Zhang Xuecheng's historical philosophy.The second chapter refers to the main contents about "six classics are all history". This chapter contains three parts. The first part is about different understandings about "six classics are all history" which came from the senior in the academia, and arrange the differences and disputes came from their understandings. The second part studies "six classics are all history" from the logic aspect. This paper suggests that Zhang Xuecheng's "six classics are all history" contains three points. The third part summarizes the changing aspect about Zhang Xuecheng's "six classics are all history" theory.The third chapter is about the position about the theory of "combining officials and teachers" in Zhang Xuecheng's historical philosophy. This chapter has four parts and discusses the origin, theoretic meanings, methodology about comparison and trend about "authoritative" of Zhang Xuecheng's ideology respectively. From the explanation, this thesis holds that the theory of "combining officials and teachers" is the theoretic basis and history foundation of Zhang Xuecheng's historical philosophy and even his whole ideology system. In the course of constructing his theory, Zhang Xuecheng established the methodology about the comparison between literary and history.Lastly, this thesis also combs out and introduces the influences about Zhang Xuecheng's historical history to the next generation.