20~(th) Century Yuan Qu Research in China

Chinese research of Yuan Qu in 20th century began against an unfavorable atmosphere in which Qu was scorned and Q u study was falling.The founders were Wang Guowei and Wu Mei,with approaches of philology ,history and literature.They came up with a series of concepts of historical sig nificance.In thirties and forties,documents management in Yuan Qu was famous.And Yuan Qu distinguished itself from San Qu.In the middle of the century,the front iers and angles had been broadened,although the research had been strongly influ enced by politics.Since eighties,basing on the early studies,scholars of differe nt ages develop in academic ideals,research topics,academic ways and content.The essence of this tendency is a recall to “pure science”,which is the natur e of academic research study.