Some Thoughts on the Classics and the Establishment of Classics Studies as a Discipline

Traditional Chinese Confucian classics can be traced back to the historian officials of the Zhou Dynasty.Afterward,Confucius formally established it,and since the dominance of Confucianism in Han Dynasty,Confucian classics became the official ideology in 2000 years.From the late Qing Dynasty to the New Culture Movement,the traditional value system had been challenged and eventually led to the demise of the Confucian classics.With the development of social changes in China,national identity issue becomes prominent increasingly,and the relationship between tradition and modernism becomes basic problem.Therefore,there are calls for setting the Confucian classics discipline.There is no doubt that setting this subject can help the study of Confucian classics,but the study should keep its academic position.This requires that the scholars have deep experiences of classics,produce excellent study results for modern civilization and traditional culture knowledge,and provide resources to people's lifestyles.