A Study On Wu School Of Qing Dynasty

The academia between Ming and Qing witnessed strong criticism of Li xue, which criticized Song-Ming Li xue and advocated Han's Jingxue. On this academic influence from the initial years of Qing Dynasty to the reign of Emperors of Qianlong and Jiaqing, Hui Zhouti, Hui Shiqi, Hui Dong and his academic heirs Jiang Sheng, Yu Xiaoke represented the academic group who downfall the emptiness of Song-Ming Li xue and promoted Hanxue. This group was called Wu School.The dissertation bases it's argumentation on existing studies and Wu School's monographs and reviews their opinions to comb academic history in the scope of time, depth of academia and wildness of communication, expecting to make a systematical knowledge of Wu School and a better understanding of academic transformation in late Ming and early Qing from Li xue to Han xue.The dissertation is composed of three parts. The introduction demonstrates research subject, academic concern and the meaning with a brief review on existing studies. Correspondingly, the research questions discussed in the dissertation will be summarized in the conclusion. The main body narrates Wu School's case studies, academic styles and its influence and feedback, including seven chapters.The former five chapters analyze Wu School's academic features, centering around scholars' research field and their monographs. The First Chapter examines Hui's relevant documents and family academic tradition and briefs Hui Yousheng, Hui Zhouti's study tenet. The Second Chapter starts from Wu School's founder-Hui Shiqi and his original resources to retrace "Rebuilding Zhengjiang Town for Penalty". Hui Shiqi's ideas are illustrated by decoding On Ti and On Spring and Autumn Annals. His thoughts followed the criticism of Li xue in early Qing dynasty and were followed Han xue's renaissance in Qian-Jia period and initiated Wu School's academic trait. The Third Chapter highlights the dissertation discusses Hui Dong's thoughts. He was marked as master of Wu School and his studies on Yi-ology and Shangshu-ology laid the foundation of Wu School and structured its trend.Hui's Xunzi Weiyan and Supplents to Hou HanShu derived their importance in the field of Zhuzi-ology and history studies respectively. As a textual criticism scholar, Hui Dong's thought of mastering classics for pratices embodies profound reality concern. The Fourth Chapter unfolds Jiang Sheng's Shangshu Jizhu Yinshu and Yu Xiaoke's Gu Jingjie Gouchen and their academic relevance. The two's research intentions tracked Hui Dong's studies with widening and deepening it into specialty. Their studies were on the important stage of Wu School's development. The Fifth Chapter probes into the HanXue ShiCheng Ji to reveal lJiang Fan's pure Hanxue, the last master of Wu School.The Fifth Chapter explains Wu School's academic and spiritual essence from the following aspects: ideas on Han-Song, which remark itself as The Classics Obeying Fu-Zheng and Qualities Following Cheng-Zhu, textual criticism scholars' perception of academic moral and Seeking Truth from Facts in Qing dynasty.The theme of the Last Chapter explains Wu School's academic ripples and retrospection by tracing Hui Dong's intercourse with Dai Zhen, Qian Daxin and Wang Mingsheng and discovering the interaction between Hui's ideas and Changzhou School.