Changzhou School

The Changzhou School ( Chinese  常州 學派  /  常州 学派 , Pinyin Chángzhōu xuépài , W.-G. Ch'ang-chou hsüeh-p'ai ) was one of the famous schools of the Qing Dynasty in the study of the Confucian classics. It was so named because its leading members Zhuang Cunyu (莊 存 與, 1719–1788), Zhuang Shuzu (莊述祖, 1750–1816), Liu Fenglu (劉逢祿, 1776–1829) and Song Xiangfeng (宋翔鳳, 1779–1860) from Changzhou (now Jiangsu Province ). As one of the new text schools , she was famous for studying Gongyang's Commentary on the Spring and Autumn Annals ( Gongyang zhuan ) and advocated the study of the deeper meaning from the subtle words of the Confucian classics. She was a major influence on Kang Youwei (1858-1927) in the reform of the late Qing Dynasty.

See also

• New text / old text controversy 今 古文 经 学 之 争 , Jīn gǔwén jīngxué zhī zhēng

References and footnotes

1. ↑ One of the three commentaries on the spring and autumn annals ( 春秋 三 傳  /  春秋 三 传 , Chūnqiū sānzhuàn ), the others are Zuozhuan ( Zuo's commentary ) and Guliang zhuan ( Guliang's commentary ).
2. ↑ The school was also called the Gongyang School (Chinese Gongyang xuepai公羊 學派, or English School of Gongyang's Commentary on the Spring and Autumn Annals).
3. ↑ Article: "Changzhou School", in: Han-Ying Zhongguo zhexue cidian. Kaifeng 2002, p. 580

literature

• 汉英 中国 哲学 辞典. 开封 2002

Web links

• Changzhou School (Changzhou xuepai 常州 學派)