A Controversial Academic Book of Late Qing Dynasty

During Dao Guang Period in Qing dynasty,Tang Jian compiled Qing Xue An Xiao Shi,in which he summarized the academic prosperity and decline for more than 200 years since the early Qing dynasty to the mid Daoguang.This book aims at discriminating the non-Neo-Confucianism to consolidate the status of Neo-Confucianism of cheng zhu.That's the reason why it keeps a controversial book from the coming out to now.Xue An contains many No and falls deep in the Neo-Confucianism,but it is still valuable.It provides the later generations with a lot information to on studying the Neo-Confucianism.Meanwhile,it established the Confucian orthodoxy of Qing dynasty Neo-Confucianism and propelled the rejuvenation of the late Qing dynasty Neo-Confucianism.