The Study Of The Society Of Classical Learning Restoration

The 17th century was a vital changing era in Chinese history, and the rising of the Society of Classical Learning Restoration was the most outstanding event at that time. The dissertation would place the Society of Classical Learning Restoration in a longer time to inspect. The author hopes to reach overall and systematic conclusion. The dissertation consists of seven parts:The preface introduces the significance of the chosen theme, the condition of the material, and situation of the related question. Past achievements as the basis, the author explains the study thought and related issues further.The first chapter approaches the historical background of the rising of the Society of Classical Learning Restoration emphatically, relating to the thread of the society of Chinese ancient intellectuals, the character of the society of intellectuals in late period of Ming Dynasty, the special status of regions south of the Yangtze Rivers, the influential sphere of the life style of this district, and the changing function and influence of Ming Dynasty's the Imperial Examinations. In a word, the author thinks the old tradition of the society of Chinese ancient intellectuals was of the ordinary cultural background, the changing of the Imperial Examinations is its system prerequisite, and the sharp changes of social life in Ming Dynasty was the turning.The second chapter approaches the rising process of the Society of Classical Learning Restoration, the state of its organization, and its stamina. The author analyses firstly Ying_Society that was the predecessor of the Society of Classical Learning Restoration, and points out Ying_Society affected the framework of organization, and values of the Society. The study of states of its organization was always weak. The author researches carefully its framework, its source of incomes, its way of the contacts, its oath, and its regulations. The author thinks the Society of Classical Learning Restoration was a loose coalition of the stratum of intellectuals. Lastly, the author inspect its movement, including its assembly and its selection of the essay.The third chapter approaches members of the Society of Classical Learning Restoration and the relations in the Society of Classical Learning Restoration firstly. The author inspects their regional distribution, their family backgrounds, and relations. The author thinks minor youth of bureaucrats mastered utterance power of the Society, and the ethical relationship was the base of internal relation of the Society. The fourth chapter inspects the relation between the Society of Classical Learning Restoration and political situation at the end of Ming Dynasty and the beginning of Qing Dynasty. The author studies the relation of the Society and the local force at the end of Ming Dynasty and the beginning of Qing Dynasty, the movement and life style of members of the Society of Classical Learning Restoration at the beginning of Qing dynasty, and their political self examination. The author thinks there were close relation between the development of the Society of Classical Learning Restoration and the rising of the local force, moreover, the member's diversified life styles at the beginning of Qing Dynasty reflected that the social life was loose and comfortable relatively at that time. Furthermore, the author considers the decay of the local force and the guilty feeling of its member's political self examination led to the decline of the society of intellectuals.The fifth chapter analyses the relation between the Society of Classical Learning Restoration and academic changes at the end of Ming Dynasty and the beginning of Qing Dynasty. Firstly, the chapter discusses the learning content regulated by the Imperial Examinations. The author points out the writing and comment of the eight_part essay comprised the base its member's learning movement, and affected their academic achievement and their academic accomplishment. Then, the author analyses the affection the style of learning in late period of Ming Dynasty, and point out the Society of Classical Learning Restoration was not a school of thought, but there still were some common tendency of its members'academic movement. Lastly, the author analyses its member's academic criticism and academic practice, and considers their academic achievement and their academic accomplishments reflected the tendency of the changing at that time. In brief, the Society of Classical Learning Restoration was very important in academic history.The extension summarizes and explains relative ideas. The author points out the Society of Classical Learning Restoration was the apex of the old society of Chinese ancient men of letters, it embodied a concentrated reflection of all changes of the stratum of intellectuals at the end of Ming Dynasty and the beginning of Qing Dynasty.