| Chu His's The Book of History studying had critical influence on the following scholars. Since then, scholars began to doubt The Book of History's reliability. Chu His opened up a new field in the study of The Book of History.Han Yu, a famous scholar in Tang Dynasty, suggested expounding The Spring and Autumn Annals liberally, and abandoning the basis of ex-scholars' interpretations. This skeptical attitude on the Five Classics grew to be a trend of thought in Song Dynasty. It provided thoughts for Chu His and made Chu His's achievements on the study of The Book of History accepted easily . Cheng Hao and Cheng yi, two great thinkers in Song Dynasty, began to interpret The Book of History in Neo-Confucianism. And Chu His expounded The Book of History just on the basis of the Neo-Confucianism. Wang Anshi, Su Shi, Lin Zhiqi and Lv Zuqian advanced to explain the hidden meanings of The Book of History. They put forward their individual ideals by explaining Confucian Classics and struggled each other in ideological field. Chu His carried on their achievements fully.In the Chunxi thirteenth years(DC. 1186),Chu His began to prepare to explain The Book of History. In his later years, Chu His discussed many problems on The Book of History with his friends and students. During the course of discussion, his thoughts on The Book of History formed gradually. Chu His only interpreted five articles of The Book of History and quoted forty-five books. In The Book of History's research , He absorbed the merits of the way by which the scholars in Han-Tang Dynasties and Song Dynasty had done their scholarly research, and attained many achievements. The five articles which Chu His explained were the outstanding examples for Cai Chen's Shujizhuan. Chu His doubted the reliabilities of the total preface and essay preface, and doubted the reliabilities of Guwenshangshu and doubted if Kong Anguo had interpreted The Book of History. These thoughts influenced the following scholars greatly.Chu His had great interests in Buddhist philosophy and Taoist scriptures in his early years. When he was a disciple of Li Tong, Chu His concentrated his attention on Confucian Classics and formed his theory in his middle years. In his late years, Chu His paid more attention on The Book of Rites. The Book of History did not take key role in Chu His' thoughts. Chu His' value judgments and life experiences in his late years had something to do with his unfinished interpretation on The Book of History.Cai Chen's family had scholarly origin with Chu His. Cai Chen continued his father's learning about Hongfan and completed a work of Hongfanhuangjineipian. So Chu His passed on his research on The Book of History to Cai Chen. But Cai Chen's explanation had differences from Chu His in stylistic rules. So some scholars quoted the viewpoints of Chu to oppose Cai.Chu His had changed meanings of many concepts and it embodied his value judgments. To Chu His, explaining Confucian Classics was just a tool that can cultivate one's moral characters and make the society turn a new leaf, and also protect Confucianism. Chu His paid not much attention to explain Confucian Classics word by word. He doubted the reliabilities of The Book of History and changed its word order. He recognized that the formation of The Book of History had experienced a long period and could be interpreted by Neo-Confucianism.
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