Historical Origins of Wang Guowei' Thesis about "Three Stages of Qing Dynasty Academic"

Wang Guowei proposed that academic study of Qing Dynasty had three stages:initial phase focus on broad vision,textology of Qian-Jia period focus on detail,Dao Guang and Xian Feng period were affected by western learning.The thesis has a strong influence on academic History of Qing Dynasty.Besides his own academic literacy and some scholars'influence,Wang Guowei had this precise thesis possibly because of a paper that Deng Shi published in 1905 named Exposition of Traditional Sinology.According to documents in The late Qing Dynasty,the idea of dividing Qing Dynasty academic course into three parts might came from neither Deng Shi or Wang Guowei,it is the consensus of scholars of late Qing Dynasty which might have more historical origins.Observe and investigate the origin of thoughts on the basis of word textual criticisms work,this reach method was not only effective to find historical origins of Wang Guowei'above viewpoint,but also was of great value to overview the modern china academic development.