The Ideological Motive of Kang You-wei's A Study of Confucius' Reform Submitted to the Emperor

Taking Zhang Xue-cheng as opponent in debate,and through revaluation of the civilization of the Three Dynasties,Kang You-wei denied Zhang's ideological principles in his Generalities of Literature and History,i.e.nobody could institute rules except the monarch;and the virtue only could not be empowered.Kang You-wei,on the contrary,with emphasis on the fact that Confucius instituted rules and reformed system as common people,brought up the theory of Confucius making the law and founded a political ideal that Confucius guided the unity of education and governance.