Different View Of History Of New And Old Text Confucianism, And The Causes Of The Difference

The greatest difference about the impact on future generations between New Text Confucianism and Old Text Confucianism is their different views of history. Generalized from the perspectives of Gongyang School such as "Advancement between three generations","Running through three traditional", and "Plain or Luxury", the view of history of New Text Confucianism is mutative, progressive, and reform claiming. Then Old Text Confucianism has the view of history that is ancient respect and restoration, which is summarized from Commentary of Zuo, Commentary of Guliang, the academic purport and research methods of New Text Confucianism, and the reform of Wang Mang. Therefore, there are five main reasons that are fonts, cultural attribution, ideological origins, historical trend, and the nature of doctrines caused the difference of two views of history. Both views of history not only exerted an important influence for the later feudal political, ideological trends and modern patriotic salvation movement, but also have a very important practical significance about deal the relationship between cultural tradition and culture of innovation, and the protection of cultural heritage and other issues in today’s China.