Ma Rong As An "Expert Confucian Scholar" And The Study On Shang Shu

Debate of confucian classics in the Western Han dynasty could be viewed as thescholars’ exclusion of different ideas. The scholars who studied present confucian Classicswanted to protect their tradition as well as keep the politic system stable. After XinDynasty,ancient confucian classics views were accepted by more and more scholars.Someancient confucian classics scholars wanted to study both ancient confucian classics andpresent confucian Classics,which made the confucian classics have developed.Expert Confucian Scholar promoted the confucian classics.They could study confucianclassics, history and the philosophers.They didn’t want to be bounded,not only bythoughts,but also by etiquette.It is Expert Confucian Scholar who made the confucian classicshave developed.Ma Rong is one of the most excellent Expert Confucian scholars.Shang Shu zhuan is one of MaRong’s books.In this book,MaRong turned to both GuWen Shang Shu and Jin Wen Shang Shu for guidance.He used a lot of technical terms in thisbook.He also accepted many kinds of views on confucian classics. His study has beenaccepted by lots of scholars.