On the Different Studies on Mr. Zeng from the Song Dynasty to the Qing Dynasty

The appraisal from the public to the literature creation and status of Gong Zeng was quite controversial from dynasty Song to Qing. In the field of literature in Song dynasty,the six literary giants of the northern song dynasty and their disciples regarded him as an elite giant with morality and sage,and after accepting the characteristics of neo-Confucianism,new–confucianists from southern song dynasty mould a new–Confucianism for him. People from Yuan dynasty approved works of Gong Zeng objectively on the whole,and factions including ones prone to Taoism highly respected his orthodoxy confusion idea and pushed him as a saint,while Legalism factions endeavored after the rigorous arrangement of Gong Zeng. Opposite factions declared against his strong theoretical articles. Tongcheng School of Qing dynasty inherited and developed his doctrine of Yifa,while there were some other assertions opposing the content,form and system of articles of Gong Zeng.