Since the late Ming Dynasty,scholars have given different answers to the question of who is the first person in the history of Ming Confucianism from different angles.Some advocated Song Lian(宋濂)from the perspective of the first literati,some advocated Fang Xiaoru(方孝孺)from the perspective of the starter of Confucianism,some advocated Cao Duan(曹端)from the perspective of the Neo-Confucian orthodoxy,and some advocated Xue Xuan(薛瑄)and Wu Yubi(吴与弼)from the perspectives of the North-South controversy,and the starter of the theory of Qi(气)and the theory of the heart,respectively.Different answers often reflect different perspectives on Ming Neo-Confucianism,Ming Confucianism,and the philosophy in the Ming Dynasty.Thus it should be clarified.Such clarification also reminds us that,on the one hand,there is a tension between the construction of Neo-Confucian orthodoxy and historical truth,and on the other hand,academic history itself is complex,and we need to pay attention to both the people and their ideas in the academic history being narrated and the people telling the academic history and their stances.
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