Zhang Xuecheng Road School History

Since modem times, the thoughts of Chang HsUeh-ch'eng (1738-1801) have already been researched by using many kinds of methods from a lot of angles. The further study depends on the synthesis of many aspects of study and holistic explanation, and show the inherent and holistic meaning of Chang's thought. Furthermore, according to the characteristics of Zhang's thought, its way of the combination of classics and history and the style of the hedgehog has pointed out the rationality of holistic explanation.This article study the key concepts of Chang's thought system, Tao and analyze the spirits of "Tao", abstract the Tao's historicity, ultimacy, commonality. Chang argued: six Classics were all history;the spirits of history was the combination of materials and its meaningjthe moral of historian which lead to Tao through history. The historicity of Tao clear up the holiness of Classics, point out the speaking Tao without Qi on the study of classics in Qian and Jia dynasty which run into the empty words of Confucianist in Song dynasty, insist that the newest development of Tao can only be understood from then and there system. The ultimacy of Tao points out the value of academic study, which decide the criteria of history research is the history meaning other than history word and history event. The history meaning is the expression of explaining Tao. The commonality of Tao requires that the intellectuals have a right intention and moral and generalize the history meaning from the Chinese traditional Confucianism's ethic away from privacy.Finally, this article also discuss the modernity of the thoughts of Chang Hs Ueh-ch'eng.Chang retrospect the Classics and history in philosophy way through Tao and put forward lots of creative problem, such as historicity of Classic, self-determination of history and subject cultivation of Tao, and the conservation of the thoughts of Chang Hstleh-ch'eng lying in the essence of Tao did not yet put away with traditional Confucianism's ethic.Chang was admired in modern times because the modernity of the thoughts of Chang Hsu eh-ch'eng. Re-study Chang Hsueh-ch'eng require us not only continue his problem but also use the value selection of modernity.