The Research In ZHOU Yu-tong's Classical Studies Thought

Zhou Yutong is an expert in classical studies in modern China, who is the pathfinder and founder of classical studies and also the authority. Besides, he is a famous historian. He has many representative works, which are all epoch-making treatises in this field in the twenty century and have a profound academic influence at home and abroad. However, up to now academic circles studies classical study of Zhou Yutong focusing on monographic study, lacking of integrally systematic study. Therefore, the thesis bases on summarying the research of predecessors, and then organizing and discussing the classical study of Zhou Yutong and his contribution to academic history.Zhou Yutong's study is influenced deeply by Spirits of May 4th Movement. Zhou Yutong studies classical studies and history, whose aims are to subjectively clear the long-term feudal society from cultural and mental aspects and to criticize the theory foundation of 5000-year Chinese culture tradition. Zhou Yutong studies classical studies with critical and collative attitude and changes classical studies historically, and his study in history of classical studies initiates a new epoch in the field of classical studies. From the angle of history, through the study of Confucian classics of the Confucian classics, Zhou Yutong bring the classical studies to the end, which is his aim. Under the guidance of this kind of aim, Zhou Yutong studies systematicly and fairly judges these aspects including the basic concept of classical studies, the scriptures and classical studies, three schools of classical studies and the relationship between classical studies and history.Zhou Yutong's classical studies has its own features. Zhou Yutong's classical studies is under the guidance of the purpose, which focuses on organising academic and finishing materials. Besides, Zhou Yutong's classical studies is based on classic, emphasizing the facts and truths. It also focuses on current politic, emphasizing the advance with time and claiming to develop the function of practical utility. Zhou Yutong always focuses on the development of Chinese society, and his study is always with educational goals and meanings. With the development of Chinese society, during the process of his study he experienced the change from the new history school to historical materialism. Zhou Yutong spends all his life studying classical studies and the building of confucian discipline. He also cultivated some famous scholars in classical studies, which makes the study of classical studies inherit and develop.