Research on the Skeptical Trend of Ancient China in the Past Three Centuries

Author: Lu Xinsheng
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Publish Date: 2001-08-01
Features: This book summarizes the historical movement of the "doubt the ancient" trend during the May Fourth New Culture Movement and takes it as the focus of research. It emphasizes the supplementary study of case studies: from early Qing Confucian scholars like Zhuang Cunyu, Liu Fenglu, and Song Xiangfeng to a group of late Qing Confucian scholars like Gong Zizhen and Kang Youwei, placing them within the academic scope of "doubt the ancient" for case studies and conducting a thorough exploration and of their origins. Starting from academic theory, it explores the movement, development, and changes of academic thought, gradually unfolding the life of academic thought around the internal contradictions within academic theory. It also corrects the extremist views that emerged during the "doubt the ancient" movement.