After re-examination,it is believed that the development of Chuanshan studies in history has gone through three stages.The first stage is to establish Chuanshan's historical status through the combination of officials and gentry."Official"here refers to the im-perial court and local political power,while"gentry"refers to the intellectuals who have previously held official positions.This stage lasted from the death of Chuanshan to the Revolution of 1911(1692-1911).The second stage is to study Chuanshan in the context of opposition thinking.The"opposition"includes the opposition between imperialism and the Chinese nation,bourgeoisie and proletariat,materialism and idealism,Neo Confucianism and anti Neo Confucianism,etc.This stage lasted from the establishment of the Republic of China to the end of the Cultural Revolution(1912-1976).And the third stage is to comprehensively and deeply study Chuanshan from a cultural perspective.The scholars in this period regard"Chuanshan studies"as a huge cultural construction project and conduct in-depth research from multiple perspectives.This stage started and progressed simultaneously with the mainland's reform and open-ing up.