An Outline to the Study of Practical Learning in the Early Stage of Qing Dynasty

Qing Dynasty was the last feudal dynasty in China′s history, in which the traditional academy had reached a high level. In Qing Dynasty, the development and evolution track and end-result of all the academic schools and thinking that had prevailed in pre-Qing Dynasty could be found. Scholars like Wang Fuzi, Gu Yanwu,Huang zongxi, etc. advocated to study classics for the sake of practical use. It became the origin of academy of Practical Learning and initially lay a foundation for Qian-jia sinology and late-Qing′s New Studying. It was also in this period that the classics-oriented traditional Chinese academy had found its own way to develop and stepped onto a new transform. In short, in the early stage of Qing Dynasty, the studies to the Confucian classics, literature, practical social problems and classic theories of all schools had made great and valuable achievements in academy.