A Reexamination and Final Judgement of the"Case of Disputed Scholarship"Involving Liao Ping and Kang Youwei
For over a century,the key to the unresolved academic controversy between Liao Ping and Kang Youwei lies in the oversight of the"two works"and"two examinations"as holistic considerations.Currently,there is no substantive evidence that the"Forged Classics of the New Learning"was written earlier than the"Refutation of Liu Xin".According to newly discovered Liao Ping letters,"Zhou Li Shan Liu"was carried to Guangdong together with the"Recognizing the Sage",and Kang was able to understand the theory of"Respecting the Modern Classical Text and oppose the Ancient Classical Text".Previously,Jia dao scholars judged the advantages and disadvantages of the ancient times,and they were not completely opposed to each other.In 1888,Liao Ping was divided into"Refutation of Liu Xin"and"Recognizing the Sage"from the examination of continuing Modern and Ancient Studies,and for the first time constructed the relationship between suppression of antiquity and knowing sage.Since 1890,Kang Youwei has followed his work"Forged Classics of the New Learning"and"Confucius as a Reforme",and it is the inevitable premise of respecting Confucius to prove the falsehood.This form of writing and logical thinking is the only aspect in which Liao and Kang completely agree,according to which the"academic case"can be settled.But it doesn't mean that Kang's plagiarism exists,they completely different systems of modern and ancient studies,and the inner division of the ideological circles in the late Qing Dynasty can also be seen.
Liao PingKang YouweiGuangzhou meetingrespecting the modern classical text and oppose the ancient classical textknowledge transformation
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