LU Jia's Xin yu and the Yi learning

At the academic turn from the Qin (221206 BC) to the Han (206 BC220 AD) dynasties, LU Jia's Xin yu (New Comments) ought not to be ignored, for it reflected not few information of the studies of the Confucian classics including the Yi learning. It can be seen, by the characteristic exhibited as the commentaries of Xi Ci (the Great Treatise) were used by it, that Xi Ci was spread far and wide before the Han Dynasty. LU's interpreting Yi by the theory of benevolence and righteousness manifested his particular perspective of view. His Yi learning emphasizes moral principles, initiating the inclination of interpreting Yi with philosophical connotations. Therefore, his Yi learning occupies a unique position in Confucian Yi studies, in which he inherited the past and ushered in the future.