On the Academic Characteristics and Position of the Textual Research in the Ming Dynasty

Those scholars' academic criticism to the hollow academic atmosphere of the Ming Dynasty has the spirit of pursuing the truth. And they emphasize reading and testifying widely;they emphasize the research and testificatiom of Xiaoxue mostly so as to be familiar with morality and justice; they make a point of the academic discussion and criticism so that the academic standardization of the textual research could become mature gradually. The textual research of the Ming Dynasty is not the main academic current of the time, but it has the important position and influnce in the Chinese academic history.